HC Deb 31 March 1882 vol 268 cc485-6
CAPTAIN AYLMER

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If he has received any communication from our representative in Egypt regarding the robbery, reported in the "Globe," of all the effects of six English gentlemen, who have been travelling in the Atbara Mountains, by an Abyssinian tribe; and, whether the Egyptian Government have been asked to send assistance to these gentlemen?

SIR CHARLES W. DILKE

No information has been received from Her Majesty's Agent in Egypt with regard to the robbery of Englishmen by Abyssinians in the Atbara Mountains; but as it is known that some of the party are personally acquainted with Sir Edward Malet, there is no doubt that he will do all in his power to assist them.