HC Deb 09 April 1896 vol 39 cc583-4
SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether Her Majesty's Government have entered into any engagement with a Foreign Power that the Egyptian forces will not advance into the Soudan beyond Dongola?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. GEORGE CURZON,) Lancashire, Southport

No, Sir; Her Majesty's Government have not entered into such engagement with any Foreign Power.

SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT

asked whether the report from Egypt that Sir H. Kitchener had been ordered to stay the advance at Akasheh was also untrue?

Mr. CURZON

I have seen no such report. Will the hon. Member put the Question on the Paper?