§ THE EARL OF FIFEI wish to ask the noble Earl the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the paragraph in The Times of this morning as to the negotiations between France find the International African Association comes from any official source; and whether the noble Earl will, before the Whitsuntide Recess, make a statement on the subject?
§ EARL GRANVILLEThe noble Earl asked me a Question on this subject the other evening. Since that time I have applied for permission, to publish documents which are at present of a confidential character, and I hope I shall be able to answer the noble Earl in a few days.