§ MR. MOLLOYasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is a fact, as stated in a public telegram from Egypt, that Lord Dufferin has appointed Mr. Sheldon Amos to be the English Member of a Committee of three to arrange measures for giving effect to His Lordship's scheme for the establishment of a Constitution in Egypt; whether he has read an article in the October number of the "Contemporary Review," entitled "Spoiling the Egyptians, revised version," in which the writer applauds the "seemingly severe determination," in the days of the first Control "that the coupon must at all hazards be paid," and further states that such determination "was based on well founded apprehension for the country generally if the slightest show of indulgence was admitted;" and, whether Her Majesty's Government will sanction the appointment of a gentleman holding those views?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEI informed the hon. Member on the 26th ultimo that as soon as a reply had been received to an inquiry on this subject which had been addressed to Sir Edward Malet, I would be prepared to answer his Question as to the appointment of Professor Amos. Up to the present time, however, no reply has been received.