§ MR. BYLES (York, W.R., Shipley)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Colonial Office has received any further communications from Sir Henry Loch with reference to the seizure of cattle in Matabeleland?
§ MR. S. BUXTONWe have received the following further telegram from Sir H. Loch in regard to this subject:—
I have been in communication with British South Africa Company respecting cattle, and they assure me that in every case where natives give in their submission they are allowed sufficient cattle to take back with them to their kraals for domestic requirements. I am making every effort to secure a speedy peaceful settlement of the country, and I am receiving every support from British South Africa Company to attain this result.
§ MR. LABOUCHEREWho are the judges of what are sufficient cattle?
§ MR. S. BUXTONThe judges, I presume, are the persons on the spot, of whom one is Colonel Goold-Adams, representing the Government.