§ SIR WILFRID LAWSONasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to send out a British General and Officers on full pay to take command of the Egyptian Army?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEThe Egyptian Government have applied to Her Majesty's Government for the services of some officers, and communications on the subject are now passing.
§ SIR WILFRID LAWSONWill they still be subject to the Mutiny Act?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEThat is a question for the Legal Officers, or for the War Office.
§ SIR WILFRID LAWSONPerhaps the Judge Advocate General will answer that.
§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFWill the same course be adopted towards these officers as was adopted towards Hobart Pasha, who was obliged to leave the British Navy?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKENo, Sir; I think not; but the matter is under the consideration of the Government.
§ SIE WILFRID LAWSONCan the hon. Baronet tell us in what way this differs from annexation?
§ [No reply was given.]