MR. BRYN ROBERTS (Carnarvonshire, Eifion)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War will he explain on what grounds Major Commandant C. Wedgwood has issued a martial law notice in the Paarl district declaring contraband in that district the following publications (among others)—namely, the South African News, Truth, Reynolds's Newspaper, the Review of Reviews, the Weekly Freeman, and the book entitled "With the Boer Forces," by Howard Hillegas, and that anyone found in possession of any of them will be punished under martial law.
§ *MR. BRODRICKNo report on the subject has reached the War Office. 266 Martial law has been in force in the Paarl district since January, and the action taken is a matter for the discretion of the local military authorities, the exercise of which His Majesty's Government consider highly desirable.
MR. BRYN ROBERTSAre they not all papers which object to the policy of the Government in South Africa?
§ [No answer was returned.]