§ SIR JOHN KENNAWAY (Devonshire, Honiton)I beg to ask the Under Secretory of State for Foreign Affairs whether 278 His Britannic Majesty's Consul at Diarbakir has been sent again to Moush this year; whether His Majesty's Government have any reports indicating the renewal of massacres in Armenia; and, if so, whether they are taking any steps alone or in conjunction with other Powers to avert the danger.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Lord CRANBORNE, Rochester)The British Vice-Consulate at Bitlis has been re-established and His Majesty's Consul at Diarbakir is now residing there, his duties at Diarbakir being fulfilled by another Officer. Moush is in the Vice-Consular district of Bitlis and within easy reach of that town. The reports received by His Majesty's Government indicate that a disturbed state of affairs exists in some of the Vilayets, especially in the Hekkiari district, but there is no evidence pointing to the likelihood of a renewal of massacres. His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople has recently on three or four occasions called the attention of the Porte to the matter.