§ 43. Mr. ORMSBY-GOREasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the recent ministerial crisis in Bagdad is now over; whether the vacant portfolios have been filled; whether the situation on the South-Western Euphrates frontier is still disturbed; and whether attacks on the shiah holy city of Kerbela and Nejef are threatening?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe High Commissioner has not yet reported that the vacant portfolios have been filled. I expect to receive further information very shortly. The reply to the third and fourth parts of this question is in the negative.