§ MR. LYNCH (Yorkshire, W.R., Ripon)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Russian Government are making any, and, if so, what, additions to the troops guarding their legation at Teheran; also whether there are any precedents for the participation by foreign officers on the active list of their own armies in acts of civil war in the country to which they have been lent by their own Government.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYI have no information to the effect that the Russian Government are increasing their legation guard at Teheran. There are, I am informed, several precedents for the loan to foreign Governments of officers on the active list, whose services would not necessarily be affected by the internal situation in the countries where they are employed.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYI should of imagine the appointment General Gordon was one.
§ MAJOR ANSTRUTHER-GRAYHas the right hon. Gentleman any information as to the strength of the Russian guard?
§ SIR EDWARD GREYasked for notice.