§ 3. Sir J. D. REESasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether he can give the House any information regarding the alleged attack made on the British and Russian Consuls near Hamadan by the German Consular agent at Tabriz, and the attack made on the 142 British Consul-General and the British Vice-consul at Shiraz?
§ Sir E. GREYNo information has been received as to an attack having been made on British and Russian Consular officers near Hamadan. His Majesty's Consul-General at Ispahan was shot at and slightly wounded on the 1st instant, one of the Indian orderlies of his escort being killed. The British Vice-Consul at Shiraz was seriously wounded on the 7th instant, and I regret to state that he has since succumbed. The present state of disorder in Persia is engaging the anxious attention of His Majesty's Government, who will omit no measures which can properly be taken to safeguard British life and property.