§ MR. SAMUEL SMITHI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the protest of the civilians of the Bombay Presidency against the treatment of the Mamlatdar witnesses in the Crawford case, and especially to the strong language of Mr. Propert, a British official of 35 years' standing in India, wherein he condemns the breach of faith as fatal to the prestige of the British name; and whether the Government will give an opportunity for a full discussion of this question, so vitally connected with the reputation for good faith of the British Government in India?
SIR J. GORSTYes, Sir; and the strong language used by Mr. Propert will be found in Parliamentary Paper No. 131 presented this Session. The Secretary of State has no objection to the fullest discussion of the conduct of Her Majesty's Government in requiring the removal of officers who have been guilty of corruption from the position of Judges.