HC Deb 02 June 1902 vol 108 c1114
* MR. JAMES O'KELLY

I bog to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will state what is the present international status of Egypt, whether it is a protected State in the British Empire or a province of the Turkish Empire; and whether His Majesty's Government intend to carry out the promise given to evacuate the country.

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Lord CRANBORNE,) Rochester

Egypt is a tributary State of the Turkish Empire, in British military occupation.