§ SIR E. ASHMEAD - BARTLETTasked whether the Secretary of State for the Colonies had received any confirmation of the alarming telegrams from Matabeleland published that morning with regard to a want of food, the closing of roads, and the inadequacy of the military force? He had given the right hon. Gentleman private notice of the Question.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINI think my hon. Friend might have put his Question down upon the Paper. ["Hear, hear!"] I have received no confirmation of the pessimistic reports to which 1649 he refers, and the last telegram which I have received from Sir E. Carrington says that he did not anticipate that any more troops would be required to quell the rebellion. That telegram was received on Saturday night.