§ MR. DILLON (Mayo, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Fathy Bey Zaglool, who acted as Judge in the Denshawi trial, has been appointed under-secretary at the Ministry of Justice; whether the British Representative in Egypt was in any way consulted in reference to the appointment; and whether the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs have received any protests from Egypt against this appointment.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYI have received one protest against the appointment purporting to be signed by thirty-one persons. For the rest, I can only refer to my previous Answer, to the effect that I had no information, and it was not a matter in which His Majesty's Government should interfere.
§ MR. DILLONasked whether His Majesty's representative in Egypt was consulted in regard to all these appointments; and whether the right hon. Gentleman's attention had been directed to the extremely serious effect on public opinion in Egypt of the promotion of this Judge so soon after the trial.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYThis is a point on which I have perfect confidence in the discretion of His Majesty's representative.
§ MR. DILLONsaid that perhaps the right hon. Gentleman would be good enough to answer the Question whether His Majesty's representative in Egypt was not, as a matter of fact, consulted with regard to all these appointments.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYI cannot say whether he is consulted in regard to all these appointments. Very likely he 221 is consulted in regard to most of them, and, if so, I have no intention whatever of questioning the conclusion to which he comes.