§ Lord CHARLES BERESFORDasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can now inform the House as to the laying down of two Austrian battleships or armoured cruisers of the "Dreadnought" or "Invincible" type at Trieste and Pola respectively; and whether he has yet received official or unofficial information that two other vessels of a similar class have been, or are about to be, laid down in Austrian establishments?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAWe have no information beyond that which has appeared in the public Press.
§ Dr. MACNAMARAI cannot say.