§ MR. LYNCH (Yorks, W.R., Ripon)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Russian troops have arrived in Persia to guard the Russian Legation and the Consulates; and whether any similar steps are being taken by His Majesty's Government.
§ MR. RUNCIMANHis Majesty's Ministers at Teheran has reported that small reinforcements have been sent to the guards at the Russian Legation at Teheran and Russian Consulates at Tabriz and Urmia. It is not considered that any similar steps on the part of His Majesty's Government are necessary or desirable at present