§ 28. Sir PHILIP RICHARDSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has official cog- 1233 nisance of the petition presented to the British representative on the occasion of the Abyssinian coronation by the sultans, sheikhs, and akils of the Somali people regarding the lack of educational facilities and their wish to be regarded as Asiatics and not as African natives; and what action, if any, it is proposed to take in regard to it?
§ Dr. SHIELSYes, Sir. There has not yet been time to give it full consideration.