§ MR. EDWARDS-MOSS (Lancashire, S.W., Widnes)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether, in view of the general tranquillity of the Soudan and Upper Egypt, it is intended to keep any British Troops at Assouan during the 1609 approaching summer; and, whether, if forces are needed at Assouan, it would be possible to relieve the present British Force by Egyptian troops during the summer months, in view of the great mortality among the British soldiers there during the hot weather last year?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)Her Majesty's Government are fully alive to the danger to the health of British troops which may be caused by keeping them at Assouan during the hot weather, and I hope that the condition of affairs on the frontier may be such as to enable us to reduce this risk to a minimum.