§ MR. TREVELYAN (Yorkshire, W.R., Elland)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he has yet got any information from Lord Kitchener as to the burning of farmhouses in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony by our Armies; and whether he will undertake to publish as soon as possible, whether Parliament is still sitting or not, a Return stating as far as available the number of farms so burnt and the character of the instructions or rules under which it was done.
§ * MR. BRODRICKNo reply can be expected from Lord Kitchener for some little time. I will give the House whatever information I can when it arrives.
§ MR. TREVELYANIf the House is not sitting will the right hon. Gentleman publish the information?
§ * MR. BRODRICKI will give whatever I can in the way of information.
§ MR. HUMPHREYS-OWEN (Montgomeryshire)Did the right hon. Gentleman ask for the information by cable?
§ * MR. BRODRICKYes, but it has to be collected from all parts of South Africa.