§ 4. Sir JOHN JARDINEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, what agreements had been made before the War with Germany and with Turkey regarding the Baghdad Railway and kindred matters, and about the Persian Gulf generally?
Mr. PRIMROSEThe agreements in question, drafted with a view to solving by friendly means all the more important points of dispute between His Majesty's Government and the Sublime Porte comprised twenty-three different subjects. It was, however, expressly stipulated that, with two exceptions, they should not be enforced pending the exchange of ratifications, which was rendered impossible by the outbreak of War. In view of the permanently changed conditions which have since arisen it would serve no useful purpose to publish the negotiations.