§ Captain BARINGasked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies, whether he had any information that another raid had been made by the Mullah in Somaliland, since the statement made to the House by the Home Secretary on behalf of the Colonial Office on 3rd March; and whether the tribes that, suffered were nominally under British protection?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY for the COLONIES (Colonel Seely)A telegram from the Commissioner was received on 5th March reporting that a small party, consisting of Dervish horsemen, had raided the Habr Tolgala—a tribe nominally under British protection—near Wandad Ferry. About 100 camels were taken, and three men were killed.
Sir GILBERT PARKERCan the hon. and gallant Gentleman now lay Papers in connection with the visit of the Sirdar to Somaliland?
§ Colonel SEELYYes, Papers will be laid shortly. I cannot give the exact date.
§ Colonel SEELYThat depends of course upon the number of troops that you have in any place and the hostility of the people in the country. I do not think we could undertake to protect everyone in Somaliland. That is quite impossible without an amount of force that no one has ever proposed.
§ Captain BARINGHas General Manning full discretion to deal with these raids as they arise?
§ Colonel SEELYGeneral Manning has full discretion to deal with all military policy in Somaliland.