§ MR. BOWLES (Lambeth, Norwood)r I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government have opened, or propose to open, negotiations with the Russian Government for an amicable understanding which will secure the territorial integrity and develop the industrial resources of Persia.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYI cannot say more than that in this, as in other cases in which British interests are concerned as well as those of another Power, we keep the open door for an amicable understanding.