§ 57. Brigadier-General SURTEESasked the Prime Minister if, before finally agreeing to the lines on which the Supreme Council framed the Turkish Treaty, the opinion of the Viceroy of India's Council was sought; whether the opinion of important and experienced Mohammedan leaders in India as to the effect the revised treaty would have on Mohammedans in our Eastern dependencies was obtained; and, if so, whether they approved or opposed the policy to which the Government of this country has given its approval?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThe views of all the sources of information referred to in the question were taken fully into account in the framing of the Turkish Treaty.