§ MR. DILLON (Mayo, E.)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the Government propose to carry on any further warlike operations against the tribes round Suakin; and, if not, whether they will put an end to the grain blockade in the Red Sea, which was undertaken with the view of storming those tribes into submission?
§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL (, &c.) Kirkcaldyasked whether it was owing to instructions from home that Sir Charles Warren was, according to the morning papers, indulging in fresh expeditions to kill more Arabs?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. BRYCE) (Aberdeen, S.)I have not seen the statement to which my hon. Friend refers, and he had better put the Question on the Paper. As to the Question of the hon. Member, it rests rather with the Military Authorities than the Foreign Office; but I may say that as the tribes round Suakin maintain an attitude of open hostility, Her Majesty's Government must reserve entire freedom of action as to the military and naval measures which should be taken for the safety of that port and of its garrison and inhabitants; but it is neither expected nor intended that any military measures should be otherwise than defensive in their object.