HC Deb 16 December 1908 vol 198 cc1853-4
MR. REES

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give the House any information regarding the progress of the Baghdad Railway.

THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. MCKINNON WOOD,) Glasgow, St. Rollox

No further progress has been made with the construction of the railway since the last Question was answered in the House.

MR. REES

Does the hon. Gentleman know whether the Young Turks, under the new constitution, have accepted the exceedingly onerous contract with regard to the kilometric guarantee of this undertaking?

MR. MCKINNON WOOD

I have no information on that subject.

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