§ MR. FLYNN (Cork Co., N.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Foreign Office is in possession of any recent information as to the condition of things in the neighbourhood of Uskub; whether he has any official information as to the state of affairs in the villayet of Kossovo 787 and the conduct of the Turkish troops; and will he state whether the Government intend to take any steps under the obligations of the Treaty of Berlin.
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Lord CRAN-BORNE,) RochesterThe information in the possession of His Majesty's Government shows that there are large bands of insurgents in the villayet of Kossovo to the North of Uskub. No official news has been received as to their movements during the last month nor any particulars as to the conduct of the Turkish troops with whom the bands have been occasionally in collision. No steps of the kind indicated in the hon. Gentleman's Question are in contemplation.