§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Her Majesty's Government have information confirming the report that serious disturbances have 417 occurred in Swaziland; that large numbers of armed Boer Volunteers are entering the country; that the king and his principal chiefs have been obliged to retire to the mountains; and what steps Her Majesty's Government intend to take to protect the Swazi people, and to secure the Swazis their rights under the Convention of 1894?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN,) Birmingham, W.I have no information beyond what I stated in my answer to the same Question from the honourable Member on the 13th instant; but I am in telegraphic communication with the High Commissioner on the subject.
§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTI will repeat the Question.