§ MR. STEVENSON (Suffolk, Eye)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government will enter into friendly conference with the Governments of France and Italy with a view to the early augmentation of the Consular staff in the European and Asiatic provinces of Turkey, by the appointment of travelling Consular Attachés and assistants to the existing Consulates in those vilayets.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Earl PERCY,) Kensington, S.The Consular staff which His Majesty's Government maintain in the European and Asiatic provinces of Turkey is, in their opinion, sufficient for the protection of British interests, and as at present advised they see no reason for increasing it.