§ MR. O'KELLYasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is true that Baker Pacha has been appointed Generalissimo of the Egyptian Army; and, if so, whether his appointment was made with the approval and consent of His Majesty the Sultan?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEBaker Pasha does not appear to have been yet appointed. Her Majesty's Government have no concern with any question which may have arisen between the Turkish Government and Baker Pasha with regard to the latter's employment in Egypt. The Egyptian Government will now consult us on all military steps, and no determination upon any plan has yet been come to.
§ MR. O'KELLYDoes the hon. Member mean to say that the Government of Her Majesty have no information about the fact that Baker Pasha deserted from the Turkish Army?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEI can only repeat what I have already said, that we have no concern with any question between Baker Pasha and the Turkish Government.