§ MR. O'DOWD (Sligo, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the wife of the Military Governor of Pretoria has recently addressed an appeal to the American people on behalf of Boer women and children at present confined in British camps in South Africa, wherein she asks for funds to relieve the destitution existing amongst these people, most of whom are without sufficient food and, clothing; and whether steps will be immediately taken to have better arrangements made for these people.
§ MR. BRODRICKI must refer the hon. Member to a full reply I gave to a similar question put by the hon. Member for the Rushcliffe Division of Nottinghamshire on the 22nd April,†