MR. HERBERT ROBERTSI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India what were the objects of the British Mission to Kabul; at what date was such Mission determined upon; and whether he will publish Papers on the subject.
§ MR. BRODRICKIt would not be in the public interest to make any statement, at the present moment, as to the object of the negotiations at Kabul or to publish Papers on the subject.