HC Deb 20 April 1909 vol 3 c1380
Mr. REES

asked whether the Foreign Office has any information to the effect that the Parliamentarians in Persia are acting in concert with the Babis or that there is any connection between the two movements?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. McKinnon Wood)

I have received no information as to the attitude of the Babis in connection with the Nationalist movement in Persia.

Mr. REES

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give the House any information regarding the proportion of Persians in the Parliamentary forces at Resht?

Mr. McKINNON WOOD

I have no information on the precise point raised by the hon. Member, but I am informed that the number of Caucasians present in the Nationalist force at Resht is about 350.

Mr. REES

Does that mean that only about 5 per cent. of the revolutionaries are Persians?

Mr. McKINNON WOOD

I am unable to answer that question.