CAPTAIN FABER (Hampshire, And-over)To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which of the unfinished portions of the line from Smyrna to Akabah are nearing completion.
(Answered by Secretary Sir Edward Grey.) We understand that the line from Hama has been completed as far south as Medawara, and that the next section to Thabouk, 120 kilometres, is expected to be in working order in the course of 37 this year. The branch from Medawara to Akabah has been surveyed, but the construction is believed to have been temporarily suspended.