§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether his attention has been directed to a speech delivered by Earl Grey, when 39 presiding at a meeting of the South African Association, held at Newcastle on Monday evening, in which Earl Grey referred thus to the President of the South African Republic: "On no occasion had President Kruger ever shown himself amenable to moral persuasion; experience taught them that he yielded to no argument but force"; whether he is aware that Earl Grey is, under the charter of the South African Chartered Company, a life director of that company and is also Administrator of Rhodesia; and whether any steps will be taken to bring to justice Earl Grey and other persons engaged in this country in attacking the President of the South African Republic, and disturbing the friendship between this country and the South African Republic. In putting the question, may I state that in the alterations which have been made in the form of the question to bring it into order, its statements have been made historically inaccurate. I said that Earl Grey had been the Administrator of Rhodesia; I was not such a fool as to say that he was so now.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThere is nothing in Lord Grey's words which seems to call for intervention, either on the part of the Government or on the part of a court of law.