§ SIR HENRY TYLERasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether there is any truth in the recent statement of a letter having been written by the Sheikh Obeidullah, alleging that he had been offered assistance by the Russian Government, with a view to the establishment of a quasi-independent Principality?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEWe have not heard of any such letter having been written.