SIR GILBERT PARKERI beg to ask the Postmaster-General, in view of the complaints coming from the United States and Canada that British newspapers are not sent by German fast steamers, though letters are so sent, and that there is an unreasonable delay in the receipt of British newspapers owing to this service not being used for the transmission of newspapers, whether it is intended to take advantage of this service in the future.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarMy hon. friend is under a misapprehension in supposing that different treatment is accorded to letters and newspapers addressed to the United States of America. With the exception of parcels all articles of correspondence marked by the senders for transmission by German steamer are so sent.