§ MAJOR RASCH (Essex, Chelmsford)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether His Majesty's Government will take any steps publicly to contradict a statement alleged to have been made by Lieutenant Morrison, Canadian Artillery, serving under General Smith-Dorrien, to the effect that outrages of a gross character were perpetrated by His Majesty's troops in the Steilpoort Valley, South Africa, and, having assured themselves of the genuineness or otherwise of the report, deal with the author of the statement accordingly.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURInquiries are being made both at home and in South Africa on the subject.
§ MR. LAMBERT (Devonshire, South Molton)Will the report when received be published?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI must defer my answer to that question.