Sir LEWIS Mi VER () Edinburgh, W.To ask the Secretary of State for India if he can explain why supplies of warlike stores for Cabul, ordered by the late Amir and forwarded by his agent in London, have been detained for many months at Peshawur, while similar goods from Krupp'sfirm in Germany, including heavy guns, have been allowed to be sent on to Cabul.
(Answered by Secretary Lord George Hamilton.) Permission to import the Krupp guns in question was given to the late Amir by the Government of India in May, 1901, at His Highness's request. These munitions of war are therefore not on the same footing as those ordered elsewhere. As to the latter, the Amir is in correspondence with the Government of India.
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