§ Mr. KINGasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that Russia has now formally annexed Galicia; and whether, with a view to the British commercial and other interests in Galicia, application has been or will be made for a member of the British Consular service to be stationed at Lvoff (Lemberg)?
Mr. PRIMROSEIn view of the large British interests in that part of Europe I am considering the appointment of a British commercial agent to reside at Lvoff.
§ Mr. KINGasked why M. Zocloziecki resigned in June, 1914, his appointment as British Consul in Lvoff, which town was then known as Lemberg?
Mr. PRIMROSEThe Professor referred to, Zocloziecki, tendered his resignation of the post of British Vice-Consul in Lemberg early in July on his appointment to a high position in the State Technical Experimental Office in Vienna, where he intended for the future to reside.
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§ Mr. KINGasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that a large proportion of the population of Galicia, which has recently been annexed by Russia, is purely Ukrainian (Ruthenian); whether the Russian offer of autonomy to Poland is to be construed as involving an offer of autonomy to the Ukrainian population also; and, if this is so, whether that offer has been extended to the Ukrainian population of Northern Bukovina and of the Carpathian districts of Hungary?