HC Deb 31 March 1910 vol 15 cc1438-9
Sir WILLIAM BULL

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Abd-el-Aziz Rifaat, Mohammed Hilmi-el-Taleb, Abbas Hanafi, Sheikh Mohammed-el-Fiki, Mohammed Sadik Said, Mohammed Tewfik Naggar, Kamal-el-Elfi, Hassan Hosni, and Chefik Mansour were arrested in connection with the murder of Boutros Ghali Pasha in Cairo?

The SECRETARY Of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. Grey)

I beg to refer the hon. Member to the reply returned on the 23rd instant to the question asked by him on this subject. I hope to receive the report then mentioned on April 2nd.

Sir WILLIAM BULL

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether on receipt of the report on the trial of the accused in the case of the murder of Boutros Ghali Pasha in Cairo, the report would be officially published?

Sir E. GREY

I can say nothing at present about a report which I have not yet received of a trial which has not yet taken place. The trial will, of course, be public.

Sir WILLIAM BULL

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he had received official information as to the existence in Egypt of a secret society called the Mutual Brotherhood, formed to rid Egypt of the British occupation; whether he had received official information that Ibrahim el Wardani, the accused in the case of the murder of Boutros Ghali Pasha, was a member of this society; and whether he had received official information that when El Wardani was admitted to this society he presented a letter of recommendation, purporting to come from another member, stating that El Wardani was likely to be a useful member of the society, as he understood the manufacture of dynamite and venomous and poisonous substances?

Sir E. GREY

The answer is in the negative. I have no knowledge of the matters referred to, which can be investigated only at the trial, of which I shall receive a report in due course.

Mr. J. D. REES

asked whether the Foreign Secretary was aware that articles violently attacking Boutros Ghali Pasha were regularly published in an Egyptian Newspaper called "Al Gewa" for some time before the assassination of that statesman, and whether any proceedings had been taken against the proprietor or editor of the said journal?

Sir E. GREY

asked for notice of the question.