§ Mr. JOHNSTONasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received a copy of detailed allegations as to the existence of chattel slavery in the Sudan, signed by Major Diggle, lately in the service of the Sudan Government; if these allegations have been placed 47W before the Slavery Commission of the League of Nations; and what steps His Majesty's Government proposes to take in the matter?
§ Mr. A. CHAMBERLAINThe reply to the first two parts of the question is in the affirmative. Meanwhile, revised administrative instructions on the subject of servant conditions in the Sudan have recently been issued by the Governor-General. Sir Geoffrey Archer has been requested to devote the most careful attention to this question, in dealing with which in a Mahomedan country like the Sudan account has to be taken of the provisions of Islamic Sharia law.