HC Deb 02 November 1882 vol 274 cc659-60
LORD ELCHO

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the attention of the Government has been drawn to M. Ninet's recent letters to the "Times" newspaper regarding the imprisonment of certain persons of note and others in Egypt, and whether he will cause inquiry to be made into the circumstances attending their imprisonment and their treatment while in prison.

SIR CHARLES W. DILKE

Sir, the charges contained in M. Ninet's first letter W6re telegraphed to Egypt, as has already been stated by me, and were fully answered by Colonel Sir Charles Wilson, in a telegram which I read to the House. M. Ninet's second letter has been sent to Egypt for report.