LORD MONKSWELLMy Lords, I wish to ask my noble friend the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a Question, of which I have given him private notice, with regard to the situation in Macedonia. Your Lordships will recollect that just before Easter the noble Lord the Under-Secretary stated that the Sultan had not yet sanctioned the Iradé for the Macedonian Budgets. The Question I wish to ask is whether the Iradé has since been issued.
* LORD FITZMAURICEMy Lords, I am glad to be able to inform my noble friend that the Iradé has been issued. The authorities in Salonica received information on the 1st of April that it had been issued. I believe the exact date of its issue was the previous day.