§ Brigadier-General SURTEESasked the Secretary of State for War if he will state how many soldiers are at present stationed in Mesopotamia, Persia, the Caspian, Palestine, and other parts of the Near East; if it is intended to send any of them to Constantinople; and if they will be replaced by other largely augmented units, in view of events in Turkey and the declaration of an Arab kingdom embracing Upper Mesopotamia and Palestine?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI am afraid it is not in the public interest to give this information.