§ COLONEL MILWARD (Warwickshire, Stratford-upon-Avon)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the information in his possession shows that the Portuguese officials at Delagoa Bay, as representing a neutral but friendly and allied Power, have done their utmost to prevent the passage of intending combatants and contraband of war through Portuguese territory.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordHer Majesty's Government have no reason to believe that the Portuguese Government have in any degree failed to do their duty in preventing contraband of war from being landed at Lorenzo Marques.