§ MR. GIBSONasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Has he yet ascertained whether Suakim and the Ports of the Littoral are within the jurisdiction of General Gordon as Governor General of the Soudan; and, when will the terms of General Gordon's 1724 Proclamation at Khartoum be communicated to the House?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEGeneral Gordon having been appointed Governor General of the Soudan, Suakim and the Red Sea Ports are no doubt technically within his jurisdiction; but as the House is aware, Admiral Hewett is invested with full civil and military powers in those ports as a special and temporary measure. With regard to General Gordon's Proclamation, Sir Evelyn Baring has again been instructed by telegram to send the text home.
§ MR. GIBSONCan the noble Lord tell us how it is that the Government have not received the text of the Proclamation, which has already been published in all the newspapers of this country?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEWe have not yet received the Proclamation, and that is why a further telegram has been sent to Sir Evelyn Baring.