§ MR. BLACKI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether it is a fact that he has requested Lord Kitchener to furnish the reasons which General Botha alluded to as not surprising to Lord Kitchener of the Boer non-acceptance of Lord Kitchener's terms; and as no reply has been received to the request, will he telegraph to Lord Kitchener for it.
§ MR. BRODRICKWe have laid before the House Lord Kitchener's account of the interview, and the subsequent correspondence. I have no further information from Lord Kitchener, and we have nothing to add to it.
§ MR. BLACKShall I be in order in asking the right hon. Gentleman if he is aware that on the 1st April he said he was awaiting a despatch of the character indicated in this question.
§ *MR. SPEAKERNo, that would be in the nature of a comment.