§ SIR J. COLOMB (Great Yarmouth)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether he can give an assurance that although the forces under Colonel Plumer operated where there were neither press correspondents or other means of stirring popular emotion or exciting public interest in their proceedings, extending over many months, the authorities will take special care to mark official appreciation of their successful services for the relief of Mafeking.
* MR. J. POWELL-WILLIAMS (for Mr. WYNDHAM)I can assure my hon. and gallant friend that the absence of press correspondents and other means of exciting public interest will not in any way be prejudicial to the "official appreciation" of the excellent services rendered by Colonel Plumer and the forces under his command.