§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any confirmation has been received of the alarming news which appears in the evening newspapers from Mashonaland, to the effect that the Matabele impis are raiding on the border of Mashonaland?
§ MR. S. BUXTONNo confirmation of the statement has been received from Sir Henry Loch. Perhaps I may he allowed to say I think that the House and the hon. Member ought not to attach too much credence to sensational reports which come from Mashonaland.