§ MR. W. F. LAWRENCE (Liverpool, Abercromby)asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether the arrest of the two Chiefs, Tarhwoondoo and Farhbutts, at Sulymah, will be followed up by effectual steps being taken for the arrest of the principal offender, Chief Malkiah, who was guilty of the raid referred to at length in No. 80 of Blue Book, C. 5,236?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) (Liverpool, East Toxteth)I have already answered a similar Question on November 8; but Her Majesty's Government have heard by telegram that this Chief was contemplating a further raid; and a telegram has now been received announcing that the officer in command in the Sulymah District has captured one of Malkiah's principal towns, recovered 522 women and boys who had been captured by Malkiah's war boys, and inflicted severe loss on the Chief's force. We are awaiting further details.