THE SOMALI TROUBLE.
DISCUSSED BY PEERS.
THE COST TO BRITAIN,
By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright
Received April 7, 0.30 p.m. London, April 7. Lord Curzon initiated a debate on the position of affairs in Somaliland. He .accused the Government of destroying the work of twenty-:, ve years. Britain's name had been biaekened bv deserting the friendlies.
Lord Crewe replied that Britain spent £IOO,OOO last year without protecting the tribes. Evacuntion was the only .alternative to sending an expeditionary force for the purpose of capturing the Mullah. Similar efforts in 1901 and 1004 cost between two and three million pounds.
Lord Lansdowne declared that Britain went to Somaliland because it was impossible to allow foreign Powers to annex the coast in front of Aden. The policy of coast concentration was rejected in 1904 because of the ill effects unon Britain's position in Abyssinia and the Soudan.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 358, 8 April 1910, Page 5
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143THE SOMALI TROUBLE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 358, 8 April 1910, Page 5
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