§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether Her Majesty's Government, having insisted that they shall be consulted regarding the composition of the new Egyptian Army, apply the same rule to the forces enlisted under the names of Gendarmerie or Police; whether it is true that the Egyptian Government are enlisting Albanians at Scutari and elsewhere; and, whether there is any foundation for the statement of a Reverend Gentleman, whose letter from Cairo is published in the "Times" of Nov. 13, that there are to be "4,000 first-rate Policemen, two-thirds of whom are Europeans and. Turks?"
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEThe military arrangements have a more special political importance than the organization of the police; and it is impossible for us to enter in this House into the details of every measure taken by the Egyptian Government. We were 1400 informed some time ago, and informed the House, that the enlistment of Albanians had ceased. We are not aware that a police force of 4,000 strong, two-thirds of whom are to be Europeans and Turks, is to be raised.
§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLasked whether the Egyptian Government would be enabled to enlist a force under the name of a gendarmerie without consulting Her Majesty's Government?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEsaid, he had no doubt that the Egyptian Government would inform Her Majesty's Government on the subject.