MR. ALDERMAN W.M'ARTHURasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether any reply has been received by the Government to the telegram sent out by them on Friday as to the treatment of the Basutos?
MR. GRANT DUFFSir, we have received from the Cape a reply to the telegram which I mentioned on Friday, to the following effect:—
My Ministers assure me that the latest official Reports from Basutoland are the reverse of alarming. They entirely concur in the latter part of your message.The latter part of the message alluded to urged, I may remind the House, that the Ministers at the Cape should proceed with caution and consideration for the Basutos, and pointed out that it would be disastrous to cause, by harsh or precipitate measures, disaffection in a tribe hitherto loyal.