HC Deb 26 February 1901 vol 89 cc1179-80
MR. HUMPHREYS-OWEN (Montgomeryshire)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether proceedings have been taken against Mr. Albert Cartwright, editor of the South African News, on the ground that he had reprinted in his paper a letter alleging that on a particular occasion Lord Kitchener had given instructions that General De Wet's force, when surrounded, should not ! be allowed to surrender, but be shot down; whether he is aware that the letter making these charges had already appeared in the Freeman's Journal of 15th January, and the parts of it conveying this charge in the London Times of 16th January; and whether it is intended to take any steps against the editors of these papers.

MR. J. CHAMBERLAIN

I have no official information on the subject of the proceedings against Mr. Cartwright which were presumably taken by the Cape Government.