HC Deb 07 June 1888 vol 326 c1381
SIR LEWIS PELLY (Hackney, N.)

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Can Her Majesty's Government afford information as to whether or not the statements which have recently appeared in the public prints are correct, that the Italians have demanded certain concessions at Kismayo or other points on the East African Coast?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)

Yes, Sir; it is true.