§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSON (Dundee)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether any further negotiations have taken place with regard to the International Conference proposed by the President of the United States; whether His Majesty's Government are prepared to acquiesce in the President's proposal to include, among the subjects of discussion, the question of making all private property, not contraband of war, free from capture or destruction by belligerents at sea; and whether any Papers can yet be laid upon the Table.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI have nothing material to add to the statement made by Lord Lansdowne a short time ago in the House of Lords, that His Majesty's Government have cordially welcomed the proposal of the President of the United States, and that, in common with other nations, they have reserved to themselves the right to consider what questions shall be submitted to the conference.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThere have been no further negotiations?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURNo, Sir.