§ CAPTAIN DONELANOn behalf of the honourable Member for North Kilkenny I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the attention of Her Majesty's Government has been called to the danger to persons travelling between Jeddah and the interior of Arabia in consequence of the lawlessness of the 103 tribes and the incompetence of the Turkish authorities; and, if so, what steps would be taken to protect unarmed British subjects whilst journeying to Mecca and Medina for the Mahomedan festival of the Meolood?
MR. CURZONThe latest report received from Her Majesty's Consul at Jeddah, which arrived upon June 13th, speaks of a revolutionary movement in the Yemen, and of the despatch of Turkish troops, but does not refer to danger upon the Mecca and Medina road.