asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is yet in possession of information with reference to the recent attempt to set up a republican form of government in Persia; and whether he can make any statement on the subject?

The reports which His Majesty's Government have received show that the republican movement in Persia encountered strong opposition on the part of the Shiah clergy. At the beginning of April a proclamation was issued by the Persian Prime Minister enjoining the Persian people to cease discussing the proposed introduction of a republican régime, and the injunction appears to have been obeyed.