HC Deb 24 January 1902 vol 101 c787
* SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether His Majesty's Government have renewed to the present Ameer of Afghanistan the assurances given in 1881, in February 1883, in June 1883, and in 1885 to the late Ameer.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord G. HAMILTON,) Middlesex, Ealing

His Highness Habibula has assured the Governor General that he will follow in the footsteps of his father and will be a friend of his friends. He has been informed that the British Government will likewise be his friend, and will maintain and strengthen the friendly ties that unite the two Governments.