§ Mr. JOHN ROBERTSONasked whether it is proposed to take any steps to remedy the slowness of promotion in the Egyptian Native Army, to guard against the repeated promotion of English officers over the heads of native officers of longer service, and to encourage a more friendly state of relations between native officers and their English superiors?
Mr. McKINNON WOODHis Majesty's Government have not received complaints in regard to promotions in the Egyptian Native Army, nor are they in possession 1898 of any information to show that the present relations between the native officers and their English superiors are other than, satisfactory.