§ MR. BOTTOMLEY (Hackney, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that of the thirty two officers and others who took an active part in the assassination of the late King and Queen of Servia, four only have been retired, aad that such four have boon retired on full pay, with the special thanks of King Peter; whether he is aware that the resumption of diplomatic relations in these circumstances has caused misgiving in the minds of a section of the Servian community; whether he is aware that it has been officially announced that the British representative, upon his arrival at Belgrade, is to be escorted to the Palace by prominent regicides; and whether, in all these circumstances, he will consider the propriety of delaying the departure of the British representative and the reception of the Servian Minister pending further explanations from Belgrade.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYFor the first paragraph of this Question, I must refer the hon. Member to the Answer returned by me to his Question in this House on the 28th ultimo,† namely, that the conditions upon which the resumption of Diplomatic relations between His Majesty's Government and the Servian Government was made to depend having been fulfilled, His Majesty's Government are not concerned with other matters The Answer to the second paragraph is in the negative. In regard to the third para-
†See (i) Delates, clix, 1133.720 graph of the Question His Majesty's Government are not aware that any such official announcement has been made, or that any such intention exists, which would obviously be quite contrary to the spirit in which Diplomatic relations have been renewed.
§ MR. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)In view of the horror in which this country holds these and other regicides, will the right hon. Baronet consider the advisability of sending the King of Servia a copy of Lord Rosebery's "Life of Oliver Cromwell"?