MR. GORSTasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether Her Majesty's Government are in possession of any information respecting the commandeering expeditions which it is said are being organised by the Boers of the Transvaal against certain of the Native tribes, to punish them for their loyalty to Her Majesty's Government during the recent insurrection; and, whether Her Majesty's Government have still authority to protect the natives of the Transvaal against outrages during the sittings of the Commission; and, if so, what steps are being taken to insure that such authority will, if disregarded, be enforced?
MR. GRANT DUFFSir, the most recent intelligence of anything of the kind we have had was on the 12th, when we were told by Sir Evelyn Wood that Major Buller had been sent with Mr. Joubert to part a Native tribe and some Boers said to be hostile to it in the Ideate Award territory. In reply to the hon. and learned Member's second Question, I have to say that we have such authority, but that the steps to be taken must necessarily depend upon the circumstances of each particular case.
MR. GORSTasked whether the Government had heard anything of expeditions being organized at Pretoria?