§ MR. LYNCHI beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state the present position of the negotiations for the delimitation of the Turco-Persian frontier; and whether the Turkish troops have been withdrawn from Passovah.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYThe frontier negotiations appear to be very much in statu, quo ante; I have no definite information as to the situation at Passovah at the present time, but on June 23rd the Grand Vizier promised the British and Russian representatives at Constantinople that orders should at once be sent for the withdrawal of any troops that might have advanced beyond the "neutral" zone, and this would include Passovah if occupied by Ottoman troops.
In reply to a further Question by Mr. LYNCH—
§ SIR EDWARD GREYsaid we had a eonsul in the neighbourhood from whom information was obtained.