§ SIR H. DEUMMOND WOLFFasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether the ladies who accompanied General Maceo to Gibraltar were surrendered, at the same time as himself, to the Spanish authorities?
§ MR. EVELYN ASHLEYwas understood to say that, according to the information which had been received, these ladies were conveyed in carriages with General Maceo across the British lines.
§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFasked whether the ladies did not land with General Maceo at Gibraltar; and whe- 370 ther they were not taken in the same carriage with him when he was conveyed by the police beyond the British lines? He also wished to know whether the ladies had accompanied him willingly?
§ MR. EVELYN ASHLEYsaid, that he did not know whether they went willingly or unwillingly. All that was known was that, when General Maceo was taken beyond the British lines, these ladies were also carried beyond the British lines.
§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFBy the police?
§ MR. EVELYN ASHLEYYes.
§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the ladies who accompanied General Maceo, when surrendered to the Spanish authorities by the authorities at Gibraltar, have been imprisoned?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEWe have no reason to believe that these ladies have been imprisoned by the Spanish authorities.
§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFasked whether any inquiry had been made on the subject?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEIf the hon. Gentleman will inform me that he has any reason to believe that these ladies are imprisoned, inquiries shall be made; but we believe that they are not imprisoned.
§ SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFsaid, that the information in the American papers, and that which he had received, was to the effect that they were imprisoned. He should like inquiries to be made on the subject.
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEIf the hon. Gentleman will show me the papers, I will cause inquiries to be made.