§ MR. O'KELLYasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the Home Government was consulted by the local authorities at Cairo before the suppression of The Bosphore Egyptien was carried into effect; and, whether he can indicate the article or articles published in that paper on which the act of suppression was grounded?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEYes, Sir. The Egyptian Government informed us that, in view of the excited state of public opinion, they consider that the publication of The Bosphore Egyptien, of whose conduct they had long had reason to complain, should no longer be allowed, and that they intended to take steps to stop it. As the editor of a foreign newspaper has a remedy at law in Egypt, Her Majesty's Government saw no reason to interfere with the action of the Egyptian Government in this matter. The articles on which the suppression was grounded have not been communicated to Her Majesty's Government.
§ MR. O'KELLYWill the noble Lord state whether the reason why this journal was suppressed was not that it sometimes told the truth?
§ [No reply.]