§ MR. TOMLINSONasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether Her Majesty's Government have any information leading to the conclusion that the condition of Sir Peter Lumsden's Mission is less serious than would appear from the letter of the Correspondent of The Standard newspaper, published in their issue of the 15th instant, or that the statements in that letter are, to any extent, overdrawn? The hon. Member said he desired to put the Question in the form in which he originally placed it on the Paper—namely, by substituting for "serious" the words "humiliating and disastrous to British interests."
§ MR. SPEAKERThose words would be out of Order.
LORD EDMOND FITZMAUBICEThe Foreign Office have not received any information showing that the condition 1863 of the Mission is serious. Some regrettable loss of life among the camp followers occurred when crossing the mountains between Gulran and Tirpul owing to a snowstorm.