§ MR. JOSEPH A. PEASE (Northumberland, Tyneside)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether steps have been taken, or will now be taken, to secure that all food and other articles required during the British Minister's journey to and from the Sultan of Morocco's Court shall be paid for by the Mission, and so protect the natives of Morocco from the recurrence of acts of injustice which have accompanied similar missions in the past?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. GEORGE CURZON,) Lancashire,1250 Southport Such stores as can be obtained from England for the British Missions to the Court of Morocco are paid for here. According to an ancient custom, however, fresh provisions and fodder are furnished daily by the Moorish authorities, and any attempt to interfere with this custom would only give offence. Steps are now taken to prevent any injustice resulting from its application. When Sir E. Satow went up to Fez in 1894, the Moorish Court appointed two officers to make payment to the villagers in the case of any hardship arising from the process of levy; and Sir A. Nicolson, who has already started, will doubtless see that similar precautions are observed.