§ MR. C. J. DARLING (Deptford)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, whether the attention of the Secretary of State has been drawn to statements published to the effect that Officers holding Her Majesty's Commission in the Army, and now serving with the Egyptian Army, are acting as special correspondents of certain English newspapers; and, whether such action is 1259 sanctioned by the Regulations and by the Secretary of State?
§ *MR. BRODRICKThe arrangements for newspaper correspondents with the Egyptian Army in the Soudan are entirely in the hands of the Sirdar. We have no special information as to the state of the case.
§ MR. DARLINGasked whether the hon. Gentleman knew who were the special correspondents in the Soudan of the chief London daily newspapers.
§ *MR. BRODRICKNo, Sir; the Secretary of State for War has no knowledge of them.