§ SIR HERBERT MAXWELLasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether Her Majesty's Government are in possession of information concerning the forcible seizure and detention of the British yacht Maud, by the Portuguese authorities, on the South African coast?
§ MR. EVELYN ASHLEYWe know nothing at all about the matter at the Colonial Office.
§ SIR HERBERT MAXWELLWill the hon. Gentleman cause inquiry to be made? The matter has been fully reported in the Liverpool papers.
§ MR. EVELYN ASHLEYI will get hold of the Liverpool papers and look at the reports.