HC Deb 15 March 1911 vol 22 c2214
Mr. WEDGWOOD

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he could communicate to the House any information regarding the progress of the project known as the Baghdad Railway?

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

According to recent reports, work is proceeding at various points on the alignment of the projected railway, but the line has not yet traversed the Taurus range.

Mr. NOEL BUXTON

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he would lay, in translation, the Baghdad Railway Convention of 1903, the cahier des charges attached thereto, the additional Convention of 1908, and the several loan contracts in connection with the Baghdad Railway sections; and, if so, whether he would cause a map of the projected railway, with adjacent lines already constructed or in course of construction, to be annexed to the translation?

Mr. McKINNON WOOD

The answer is in the affirmative, and a map shall be annexed.

Mr. CHIOZZA MONEY

May I ask if he can issue at the same time details, as far as the public interests permits, of our treaty or agreement with the Sheik of Koweit?

Mr. McKINNON WOOD

That is a different subject altogether.