THE SOMALIALAND MULLAH.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 9185, Issue 9185, 8 April 1910, Page 3

THE SOMALIALAND MULLAH.

CHARGES OF BROKEN FAITH

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Pkk Phess Association.) LONDON, April 7. In the House of Lords. Lord Curzon initiated a debate on the position j of affairs in Somaliland.- He accused the Government of destroying the ; work of twenty-five years. The Government, he said, had blackened Britain's name by deserting the friendly natives. . Lord Crowe replied, that Britain had spent £100,000 last year -without protecting the tribes, and evacuation was the only alternative to an expeditionary force for the purpose of capturing the Mullah. Similar efforts in 1001 and 1904 had cost between two and three millions. •" Lord Lansdowne declared that Britain went to Somaliland because it was impossible to allow foreign Powers to annex the coast in froi|t of Aden. The policy of coast concentration Avas rejected in 1904 becausp of the ill- ' effects upon Britain's position in Aby6sinnia and the Soudan.