§ MR. STEVENSON (Suffolk, Eye)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that no reply has been returned to the petition of the British Chamber of Commerce at Constantinople, unanimously adopted in March last, praying His Majesty's Government to settle the claims of the merchants of British nationality for the losses sustained by them during the disturbances of August, 1896; and can he state what is the cause of the delay in settling claims which, five years ago, were admitted by the British Ambassador to be equitable and just.
§ LORD CRANBORNEI am glad to say that arrangements have been made for the settlement of these claims; the claimants are now being paid.