§ 35. Brigadier-General MAKINSasked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the contemplated extinction of the Kalifate by the Turks, he will consider the desirability of issuing a statement of the fact for the information of our Moslem subjects and to avoid any misconceptions which may react on public tranquillity in the different parts of the Empire?
§ The PRIME MINISTERHis Majesty's Government are not entitled, either on political or religious grounds, to comment on, or interfere in any way in a matter in which their policy has consistently been, and will remain, one of complete disinterestedness.