§ MR. BELLAIRSI beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any information as to whether the main line from Essen to the North and West Coast of Germany has been, and is still being, reserved exclusively for the carriage of Government goods, chiefly armaments, so that ordinary trade is sent by a longer route; and, if no reports have been sent in, will he cause inquiries to be made by our Consular agents.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir EDWARD GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickI am under the impression, that there is a German law of 1876 respecting railways, according to which no such reservation is made except in time of war, but I will make inquiry as to the facts.