§ MR. O'GRADY (Leeds, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the French have occupied the town of Azimur in Morocco, and on so doing forced the governor to proclaim Mulia Abd El Assiz sultan, the said governor being appointed by Mulia Hafid; and, if so, whether this constitutes an infraction of the Act of Algeciras, which provides that there shall be no interference with the internal affairs of the country.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir EDWARD GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickIt appears from the information which has reached me that French troops did not occupy Azemour, and that the reconnaissance towards that town was only undertaken in connection with the pacification of the Shawia district, into which large supplies of arms were being passed through Azemour. The answer to the second part of the Question is in the negative.