§ MR. MARKHAM (Nottinghamshire, Mansfield)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Colonial Office gave orders that two articles from the "Johannesburg Star," enclosed in 1171 Lord Milner's despatch to him of 26th April. 1899, should not be printed in [C. 9345]; and whether, seeing that there is no instance in all the papers and articles printed in this volume where Lord Milner having called his attention to any article the same was not printed or had previously been printed, will he explain why an exception was made in the case of these two articles.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR the COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN.) Birmingham, W.I have already informed the hon. Member in reply to his Question of the. 18th that these articles were not considered of sufficient public interest to print. No exceptional course has been adopted, and I have nothing to add to that answer.
§ MR. MARKHAMI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether two articles from the "Johannesburg Star," enclosed in Lord Milner's despatch to him of 26th April, 1899, contained a passage that the people of the Rand are united and fixed in their determination not to accept their present political status as final, and not to remain for ever as helots under the domination of their Boer masters.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe answer is in the affirmative.