CAPTAIN FABER (Hampshire, Andover)To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information regarding the extension of the Konia Bagdad Railway to Khor Abdullah which lies on the sea to the north-east of Koweit in the Persian Gulf; whether there is good anchorage at Khor Abdullah 8 to 10 fathoms deep within 300 yards of a bluff solid enough to bear the terminus of a great railway; and whether the British Fleet has surveyed Khor Abdullah, which belongs to the Sheik of Koweit.
(Answered by Secretary Sir Edward Grey.) I have no information as to whether any decision has been taken in regard to the extension of the Konia Bagdad Railway to Khor Abdullah. No proper survey of Khor Abdullah haw over been made by the British Fleet, and I have no information which would enable mo to make a statement as to the depth of water or the configuration of the land in that locality.