§ SIR WILFRID LAWSONasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the engagement entered into by Arabi Pasha and his companions (which is given in Lord Dufferin's Despatch of December 25th 1883), was made to the Egyptian Government or to the English Government?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEIn reply to this Question, I may state that the document signed by Arabi and his companions, and printed in the Blue Book (Egypt, No. 5), was given to Lord Dufferin, who transmitted the original to the Foreign Office, and sent a certified copy to the Egyptian Government. It appears from Cherif Pasha's Note to Lord Dufferin, which appears at page 44 of the same Blue Book, that the Government referred to in the Declaration was the Egyptian Government.
§ SIR WILFRID LAWSONsubsequently asked whether Arabi was under any obligation to the English Government?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEsaid, he had given an answer to that Question the other day, and he adhered to that answer.