§ MR. MONTAGUE GUESTasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether, in view of the important military preparations now being made by France, with the ostensible object of punishing the Krouhmir tribes on the Tunisian frontier, Her Majesty's Government have received or have asked for any assurances from the French Government that the statu quo in Tunis, as recognised by the European Powers, will in no way be interfered with?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEThe French Government has informed the Government of the Queen that their military operations will be confined to the neighbourhood of the Frontier and to the punishment of the lawless Frontier tribes.