CENTRAL ASIA—RUSSIA AND AFGHANISTAN—RUSSIAN OCCUPATION OF HERAT.

HC Deb 28 April 1885 vol 297 c969

MR. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT

asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether the Russian Government have withdrawn from their undertaking not to occupy Herat?

MR. GLADSTONE

The Russian Government have not withdrawn from any engagement they have entered into with regard to the subject of this Question.