§ 7. Mr. WATTasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the fact that our representative in France, in sending a wreath to the recovered city of Lille, described himself as the English Ambassador; if so, is he aware that such description of himself is a breach of the Treaty of Union between England and Scotland, the first and third articles of which Treaty expressly state that the 1760 United Kingdom shall be called Britain; and will he see that in future his representatives in foreign countries use the proper name of their own country?
§ The ASSISTANT-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Lord R. Cecil)I understand that Lord Derby described himself on the occasion referred to as "Ambassadeur d'Angleterre," which is the ordinary French designation of His Majesty's Representative at Paris. I am quite sure that Lord Derby had he intention whatever of violating the provisions of the Treaty referred to.