§ MR. JOHN E. ELLIS (Nottingham, Rushcliffe)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give the House the authority for, and particulars of, the information alluded to in the Queen's Speech, that the Khalifa was intending to attack the Egyptian Army in the Soudan?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. G. N. CURZON,) Lancashire, SouthportThe authorities for the information in question were the Sirdar and the General Officer commanding in Egypt, and the information was to the effect that an attack by the Khalifa with his whole force, which was actually assembled for the purpose, was in contemplation.