§ MR. DAVITT (Mayo, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been directed to the treatment accorded to Mohamid Didi, Prime Minister of the Sultan of Male, on the occasion of his recent visit to Colombo; will he explain why Didi and his party were treated as prisoners on their return journey to Male on board the "Marathon," and were any charges made against Mohamid Didi or any of his suite; and, if so, will he state what they were; will he also explain why the private secretary to the Sultan, Dadabhoy Nusserwanjee, was ordered to report himself at Colombo, and conveyed there from Male as a prisoner, and on 15 reaching Colombo he was allowed to go free, no allegation of any kind being made against him; and whether he will cause an inquiry to be made into the treatment to which Mohamid Didi and Dadabhoy Nusserwanjee have been subjected by the representative of Her Majesty's Government in Ceylon, and will order some reparation to be made to these gentlemen.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN,) Birmingham, W.I have received no information on the subject, and have asked for a Report from the Governor of Ceylon.