§ MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government will lay a copy of the Identic Note, which after the meeting of Ambassadors called by Lord Pauncefote at the British Embassy, Washington, on 10th April, 1898, was dispatched to the Great Powers expressing the opinion that hostilities could be averted by further intervention on the part of the Powers.
§ * THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir M. HICKS BEACH,) (for Lord CRANBORNE) Bristol, W.We have already stated that the case is not one in which the Papers, which are of a highly confidential character, could properly be made public. We adhere to this view.
§ MR. JAMES O'KELLY (Roscommon, N.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state what Governments, if any, did not act upon the Identic Note agreed to at a meeting of Ambassadors at Washington on 10th April, 1898, suggesting further intervention on the part of the European Powers.
§ SIR M. HICKS BEACH (for Lord CRANBORNE)We are not aware that any of the Governments acted upon the Note in question. The meeting of Ambassadors was on the 14th, not the 10th, of April, 1898.