§ SIR WILFRID LAWSON (Cumberland, Cookermouth)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether he has inquired into and can give any information regarding the statement of the Times correspondent at Rangoon, to the effect that a notorious Dacoit leader, having surrendered on a promise of pardon given him, has nevertheless been "sentenced to death after a trial conducted in an unsatisfactory manner?"
SIR J. GORSTThe statements of the Times correspondent at Rangoon do not generally commend themselves for accuracy to the Secretary of State, but in this case he has inquired by telegraph whether there is any truth in the statement.