§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether, having regard to the dismissal of Sir Redvers Buller from the Aldershot command owing to his reference to the heliograms and telegraphic correspondence which passed between him and Sir George White during the siege of Ladysmith, and having regard to General Buller's repeated requests that such heliograms and telegraphic correspondence be published by the War Office, General Buller will, in his own vindication, be permitted to publish the copies of the correspondence which is now in his possession and has been withheld from publication by him by the order of the War Office.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordNo, Sir. The Question of the hon. Member is not accurate in respect of the statements mentioned as if they were facts. I am not aware of any repeated requests by Sir R. Buller that his heliograms and telegraphic correspondence should be published by the War Office, nor has the hon. Member, so far as I am aware, any title to represent Sir R. Buller in the matter. No correspondence can be published except by His Majesty's Government.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLHas Sir Redvers Buller asked the War Office to permit him to tell the truth?
§ MR. BRODRICKI have already answered that question.