SIR WALTER FOSTER (Derbyshire, Ilkeston)On behalf of the hon. Member for Tower Hamlets, Poplar Division, I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he will lay upon the Table the correspondence that took place with the German Government in reference to the denunciation of the Commercial Treaty of 1865, and any further correspondence with the German Government that ensued in reference to the grant by Canada of preferential duties to British goods. I may explain that as the first part of the Question was answered yesterday, I now wish merely to press the latter portion.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe further correspondence with the German Government with reference to the refusal to grant the most-favoured-nation treatment to Canada is not yet complete, and for that reason it cannot be laid on the Table of the House at the present time.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI should like to have that Question put again when the proper time comes. I cannot imagine that when it is complete there will be any difficulty.