§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can state whether the Dervish leaders Mahmoud and Osman Digna are still detained as prisoners, and, if so, where they are, and what treatment is accorded to them.
§ * VISCOUNT CRANBORNEMahmoud and Osman Digna, together with other Dervish leaders and their families, are interned as prisoners of war at Rosetta. They do not undergo hard labour, and are considerately treated. The prisoners are visited monthly by a British officer. Good care is taken of the women and children, and educational instruction is given to the latter.
§ MR. DILLONMay I ask why these men are still being detained, a year and a half after the close of the war?
§ [No answer was returned.]
§ MR. DILLONIs the silence rule in operation again?