§ MR. PICTON (Leicester)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can give any further information as to the efforts made to secure the safety and release of Kate Greenfield, captured by the Kurds?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir J. FERGUSSON,) Manchester, N.E.The position of affairs, according to the last advices received, was that the Persian Government had despatched troops and guns to Sonjbulak to obtain the release of the girl. As some of those who are detaining her are Ottoman subjects, the Persian Government desired to obtain the consent of the Turkish Government before using force against them. Her Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople has earnestly supported the request of the Persian Government for the concurrence of the Porte in the measures which it was proposed to take.