§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he will state when the evidence given on the trial of Commandant Scheepers, who was executed at Graff Reinet on the 19th February, will be printed and circulated in accordance with the undertaking of the War Office, given several weeks ago; and what is the reason for the delay in the publication. May I be allowed to correct my Question. It was on the 19th January that this murder was committed.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordThis evidence will be printed 25 with the Return of Martial Law Cases which I have promised to publish, and which is in course of preparation.
§ MR. JOHN ELLIS (Nottinghamshire, Rushcliffe)Can the right hon. Gentleman give us any information when we shall have the Return which was promised at the beginning of the Session?
§ MR. BRODRICKThe Return involves constant reference to South Africa by telegraph. I cannot present an incomplete or inadequate Return.