§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware that eight months after the battle of Spion Kop Mr. G. L. Coventry, a loyalist, who owns the farm on which Spion Kop stands, had to bury the bodies of no fewer than thirty-one soldiers who had fallen in the engagement at Spion Kop and had not received proper sepulture; and has the War Office any, and, if so, what, explanation to offer for the desecration of the bodies of men who lost their lives in that battle.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Lord STANLEY, Lancashire, Westhoughton)I am not aware of the fact alleged in the first part of the question. As regards the second part, I have nothing to add to my previous replies on this subject.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLWill the noble Lord allow me to hand him a photograph taken on the spot?
§ * MR. SPEAKEROrder, order! That can be done privately.