HC Deb 22 May 1911 vol 26 cc117-8W
Sir WILLIAM BULL

asked the Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet received a Report on Ottoman Christian subjects (military service) from His Majesty's Acting Agent in Cairo; if he is now able to state whether the recently adopted practice of handing over to the Turkish military authorities Ottoman Christian subjects who have sought refuge in Egypt with a view to avoiding military service under conscription constitutes a reversal of former policy; and whether instructions have been issued to the British advisers of the Egyptian Government to countenance and support this change of policy?

Sir E. GREY

I have received a report from His Majesty's Acting Agent and Consul-General at Cairo. There has been no reversal of former policy.

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