§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether Lord Kitchener will be invited to furnish a Report of the circumstances under which orders were given for the destruction of the tomb of the Mahdi and how the mutilation of his body occurred; and whether this Report will be printed and circulated among Members of the House of Commons before the introduction of the Kitchener Bill?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYLord Cromer has been asked to report on the circumstances of the case, and no doubt he will refer to Lord Kitchener.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLAre we not to have Lord Kitchener's report too?
§ [No Reply.]
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLWill not the right honourable Gentleman, with his usual courtesy, answer?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYI have not received from Lord Cromer the information which I have asked for, and, until have received it, how is it possible for me to say?