§ 1. Lord ROBERT CECILasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he could see his way to take any steps, whether by reference to international arbitration or otherwise, for the removal of the restrictions of residence and travel in Russia imposed on Jewish subjects of His Majesty; and whether, if the obstacle to his doing so arises from the Anglo-Russian Treaty of Commerce, 1859, he will obtain the opinion of the Law Officers as to the true construction of the treaty?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. Grey)I can only refer the hon. Member to the numerous answers I have lately given to questions in Parliament on this subject, the last of which was to the hon. Member for South Manchester on the 7th of last month. The question of the interpretation of the Anglo-Russian Treaty of Commerce of 1859 has been most fully considered more than once since then by the Law Officers of the Crown.