§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affair 1559 whether the Emperor Menelik has signified his approval or otherwise of the arrangement encored into between His Majesty's Government and the Governments of France and Italy with reference to Abyssinia.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. RUNCIMAN, Dewsbury; for Sir EDWARD GREY)The Emperor Menelik has expressed his thanks to the Governments of Great Britain, France, and Italy for the communication of the agreement to him, and for their intentions, declared therein, of maintaining the independence of Abyssinia. His Majesty at the same time stipulates that the agreement shall not in any way limit his own sovereign rights.