§ MR. SNAPE (Lancashire, S.E., Heywood)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India why the proposed 1711 Mission is being sent to the Ameer of Kabul, especially at an unfavourable period of the year, and when it has been semi-officially stated that it is not due to any sudden development of Afghan politics; and whether he will place upon the Table of the House the instructions under which the Mission will act?
*MR. G. RUSSELLThe Mission is sent because there are various questions which it is desirable to decide with the Ameer without delay. It would not be consistent with the public interest to publish the instructions to the Mission.