§ MR. KIMBER (Wandsworh)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he can, consistently with public policy, give the House any information as to the present state of affairs in Afghanistan, and the date of the latest communication received by the Government of India from the Amir Habibullah; whether any communications have reached the Government of India as to the pretentions of Mahomed Omar Khan; whether, in the event of troubles arising in Afghanistan, the support of His Majesty's Governments will be accorded to the present Amir; and whether, and if so, when, Papers will be laid before the House.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingMy hon. friend asks me four Questions. My reply to the first is that the latest communication received from the Amir of Afghanistan by the Governments of India was on the 15th October and related to the boundary dispute in Seistan. To the second, No. The third is of too hypothetical a character to admit of a definite reply. To the fourth, No.