§ Colonel YATEasked the Secretary of State for India whether the conference with the Afghan delegates at Mussoorie, which was summarily broken off owing to the invasion of Afghan troops into territory on the British side of the frontier line, has now been resumed; if so, whether this resumption is owing to the evacuation of the positions occupied by the Afghan troops on the British side of the frontier and the withdrawal of the troops into Afghan territory; and, if not, what explanation has been given by the Afghans of this aggression into British territory or what circumstances have induced the Government of India to reopen the conference?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe reply to the first and second parts of the question is in the affirmative. A statement on the subject is being communicated to the Press.