HC Deb 28 February 1881 vol 258 cc1860-1
BARON HENRY DE WORMS

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the information upon which the opinion of Her Majesty's Government is founded, that it is not the intention of Russia to advance to Merv, can be laid upon the Table of the House; and, whether any information has been received from St. Petersburgh or Teheran as to the intention of Russia to advance upon Herat?

SIR CHARLES W. DILKE

Sir, Papers on the subject are about to be laid before Parliament. No information has been received as to the intention of Russia to advance upon Herat.