HC Deb 06 May 1901 vol 93 cc732-3
*MR. ALFRED DAVIES (Carmarthen Boroughs)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will inform the House if the late Transvaal Government had claimed damages for the Jameson raid from the British Government or the Chartered Company.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN, Birmingham, W.)

The late Transvaal Government claimed damages for the Jameson raid from the British Government.

*MR. ALFRED DAVIES

May I ask the right hon. Gentleman why in Parliamentary Paper C 9343 he indicated that the claim was against the Chartered Company. † See page 404.

*MR. SPEAKER

The hon. Member must take some other opportunity of arguing the matter.

MR. ALFRED DAVIES

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if there is any further correspondence than that published in Parliamentary Paper [C. 9343] of June, 1899, between the Colonial Office and the Chartered Company bearing upon the claim for damages caused by the Jameson raid.

MR. J. CHAMBERLAIN

No, Sir.

MR. ALFRED DAVIES

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the claim for damages caused by the Jameson raid and acknowledged by the Chartered Company with the reservation that the amount of such damage should be decided by arbitration still exists.

MR. J. CHAMBERLAIN

I am advised that the answer is in the negative.