§ MR. P. O'BRIEN (Monaghan, N.)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether his attention has been called to the comments in the Indian papers on the subject of the recent hasty departure from England of the Maha- 251 rajah Holkar; whether it has come to his knowledge that there is a widespread dissatisfaction amongst the Indian people in consequence of the way the Native Indian Princes, who attended Her Majesty's Jubilee, are alleged to have been received; and, will the Government take any action in the matter?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)My attention has not been called to any comments in the Indian papers on the departure of the Maharajah Holkar. It was, I am informed, due to domestic reasons. The Secretary of State has no reason to think that there is any dissatisfaction amongst the people of India at the way in which the Indian Chiefs were received at Her Majesty's Jubilee. On the contrary, he is satisfied that all these Chiefs were much gratified by their reception, and they all expressed themselves to him in the warmest terms to that effect. He does not intend to take any action in the matter.