§ MR. DILLONI beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received a note from the Bulgarian Government in reference to the recent massacre of Bulgarian peasants in the village of Karadjovo; whether the Government have any Report on the particulars of this massacre from British agents in Macedonia; whether the massacre was carried out by Greeks and Turks; whether the British Government has addressed any remonstrances to the Greek and Turkish Governments; and when further Papers on Macedonia will be circulated.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYThe Answer to the first Question is in the negative; the Answer to the second is in the affirmative; the massacre was, it is believed, carried out by Greeks and a certain number of Mussulmans in their pay, the leader had come from Greece a few weeks before, having evaded the Greek authorities; His Majesty's Government have recently made strong representations to the Greek Government in regard to the conduct of the Greek bands in Macedonia; they have also made representations on the same subject to the Ottoman Government; further Papers on Macedonia will be laid when the negotiations now in progress have been completed.
§ MR. ALDEN (Middlesex, Tottenham)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government have received any information from the British Consuls as to the massacre of Bulgarian peasants at Karadjovo on the 7th November; and whether they will support the Bulgarian Govern- 298 ment in the representations which it is in consequence making to the Powers.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYHis Majesty's Government have received a preliminary Report on the subject from his Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Constantinople; no communication has yet been received from the Bulgarian Government.