§ MR. PICKERSGILL (Bethnal Green, S.W.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether he has any information which he can communicate to the House as to the condition of the British troops under the command of General Rundle, who, it is stated, are starving; and, if he has no information, will the Secretary of State for War at once cause inquiry to be made.
§ *MR. WYNDHAMThere is no official information, but I understand that, owing to the nature of the country and of the operations in which these troops have been engaged, they have suffered some hardships.