HC Deb 02 May 1904 vol 134 cc109-10
MR. LAMBERT

I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Mijertain tribe, with which the Somaliland Mullah is fighting, is a tribe under British protection; and whether the fact that the Mullah being thus engaged is consonant with the Government's information that the Mullah's power is broken.

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Earl PERCY,) Kensington, S.

The Mijertain † See. (4) Debates, cxxxiii., 1045. tribe are not under British protection. The fact that they have attacked the Mullah is rather a confirmation than other-wise of the information to which the hon. Member refers.

MR. LAMBERT

Is the power of the Mullah broken?

Earl PERCY

I have said the fact that this tribe have dared to attack the Mullah goes rather to show his power is broken.