§ MAJOR ANSTRUTHER-GRAYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any intention of sending help to the British Consul-General at Tabriz to safeguard the lives, property, and interests of British subjects in that city, where the mob are reported to have seized the arsenal and to have the upper hand.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYThere is no reason to suppose, from the reports received from His Majesty's Legation at Teheran, that the lives, property, and interests of British subjects at Tabriz are in any danger. His Majesty's Consul-General at that place has at his disposal a guard of six mounted men of the Indian Army.
§ MAJOR ANSTRUTHER-GRAYMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman when the latest communication was received from Tabriz, and whether telegraphic communication has been or is now interrupted?
§ SIR EDWARD GREYNo, Sir. We had the last telegram yesterday.