§ MR. LAMBERTI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether 51 native prisoners have escaped from gaol at Fort Salisbury; if so, whether these prisoners were under the charge and were to have been tried by Imperial officials, and how long they had been incarcerated without trial?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIESI have not yet received any information regarding these prisoners. If, as is stated in the telegram in the newspapers, they were charged with murder, they would have been tried by the judge who is appointed by the British South Africa Company with the approval of the Secretary of State.
§ MR. LAMBERTWill the right hon. Gentleman answer the last paragraph of my question?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIESI do not know. I have said I have not yet received any information.