§ MR. BOWLES (Lambeth, Norwood)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has now received any reply to the inquiry which he has. addressed to His Majesty's Embassy at Constantinople with reference to the concession of the oil deposits in Mesopotamia granted by the Turkish Government on the 4th–17th July, 1904, to Mr. K. Zander, as representing the German financial group interested in the proposed Baghdad Railway; and whether this concession is still in force.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYThere is no information available to the effect that the contract to which the hon. Member refers is still in force.
§ MR. BOWLESHas any reply been received to the inquiry?
§ SIR EDWARD GREYYes. I have given the reply.