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Spain—Recognition Of The Spanish Republic—Question

Volume 216: debated on Thursday 12 June 1873

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asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the Government are prepared to recognize the Spanish Republic now that it has been formerly ratified by the new constituent Cortes?

Sir, Her Majesty's Government have received no official intimation from the Spanish Government on the subject, and I am therefore not in a position to give any reply to the hon. Member's Question. When any official communication is received Her Majesty's Government will lose no time in taking the matter into consideration.

In consequence of the reply I have just received, I beg to give Notice that on an early day I shall move an Address to the Crown praying that Her Majesty's Government be directed to recognize the Spanish Republic.