§ SIR MARK STEWART (Kirkcudbrightshire)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will lay upon the Table the demands formulated by General di Georgis, and presented to the Porte by 235 the Austrian and Russian Ambassadors on 1st March, with reference to the Macedonian gendarmerie; and whether he can state the present position of the negotiations.
§ EARL PERCYNegotiations are progressing with an improved prospect of speedy settlement, but it would be contrary to precedent and inconvenient to lay before Parliament portions of a diplomatic correspondence while the question is still under discussion.
§ SIR MARK STEWARTIs it intended to press for an immediate settlement?
§ EARL PERCYYes, Sir.