§ Mr. LINCOLNasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the proposed conference to consider the situation on the Balkans consequent upon the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria has been definitely abandoned, or whether negotiations are still proceeding among the Powers for the holding of the conference; and will he, in view of the continued tension and restlessness on the Peninsula, use his influence for the early assembling of the conference?
Mr. McKINNON WOODThere is no proposal for a conference now being considered by the Powers, nor does it appear that the present situation requires one.
§ Lord BALCARRESHas the suggestion for the conference been withdrawn by the Foreign Office?
Mr. McKINNON WOODThe circumstances have so altered that the necessity for the conference does not now exist.