§ SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any preliminary agreement between Franco and Great Britain as to the Abyssinian Railway, has been reached; and, if so, whether the consent of the Emperor of Ethiopia has been obtained, or is expected.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir EDWARD GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickNegotiations on the subject are still proceeding, and I am unable at present to make any statement on the subject.