§ THE PRIME MINISTER AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (The Marquess of SALISBURY)I wish to ask my noble Friend behind 634 me (the Earl of Carnarvon), who has the following Notice on the Paper:—
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he is in a position to give any explanation relative to Sir H. D. Wolff's negotiations in regard to the English occupation of Egypt,to postpone it, as I am not able to give him any information at the present moment.
THE EARL OF CARNARVONAs my noble Friend desires the postponement of the Question, I shall be very glad to do as he wishes. I find that the Notice Paper on Monday is so crowded, that it would be hardly possible to find room for the Question; and therefore it will be most convenient to postpone it till Friday, the 10th of June, when I shall move for the Papers on the subject.