§ *MR. ASHLEY (Lancashire, Blackpool)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Foreign Ministers at Tangier have power to use the police, which are being formed under European instructors in the coast towns of Morocco, to stop the public sale of slaves in those towns.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYThe European police to be formed in Morocco being under the Sovereign authority of the Sultan will not receive directions from the Corps Diplomatique at Tangier. His Majesty's Minister at Tangier is fully aware of the importance which His Majesty's Government attach to the issue by the 1353 Sultan of stringent orders to the police in the coast towns for the suppression of the slave traffic.
§ *MR. ASHLEYput two supplementary Questions which were understood to have reference to the appointment of inspectors and was referred to the General Act of the Algeciras Conference.