§ MR. ASHLEY (Lancashire, Blackpool)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in any agreements arrived at between Great Britain and other Powers, with reference to the Abyssinian Railway, he proposes to insure that there shall be equality of economic treatment for the goods of all nations carried by the railway, and that there shall be the same equal treatment at the port of Jibuti and on the frontier of Abyssinia.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYHis Majesty's Government are fully alive to the importance of ensuring equality of treatment on the railway for the commerce of all nations.
§ MR. ASHLEYThe right hon. Baronet has said nothing as to the last part of my Question.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYNegotiations are still proceeding as to Jibuti and the Abyssinian frontier, and I can make no further statement now.