§ MR. PIRIE (Aberdeen, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the Courts Martial on Commandants Scheepers and Krit-zinger took place with closed doors; and, if so, in view of it being laid down in paragraph 71, Manual of Military Law, that such a Court must be open to the public, military or otherwise, if he can state by what authority the public were excluded.
LORD STANLEYI have no information to show that the trials referred to were held with closed doors. The procedure laid down in the Manual of Military Law does not necessarily apply to Military Courts held under martial law.