HC Deb 07 September 1880 vol 256 c1342
MR. ARTHUR ARNOLD

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the attention of Her Majesty's Government has been called to the reported recent attack upon the steam ship Khalifet in the Tigris; and what steps are likely to be taken in the matter?

SIR CHARLES W. DILKE

I have already stated to the House that information has been received by Her Majesty's Government on the subject to which the Question refers. A despatch recently received from Her Majesty's Consul General at Bagdad states that a military force had been despatched by the Governor General against the Arab tribe which attacked the Khalifet, and it was hoped that the steps taken would very shortly result in the suppression of the revolt and the punishment of the guilty parties.