Mr. LLOYD MORGANTo ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether his attention has been called to a judgment of the Cape Supreme Court, delivered in the case of Rex v. Reenen by the Chief Justice, to the effect that martial law could only be justified by the existence of actual hostilities; and will he say how long, and for what objects, it is the intention of the Government to maintain martial law in the Colony.
(Answered by Mr. A. J. Balfour:) It is I the fact that martial law has been greatly relaxed; but the state of the country has not so far permitted of its complete removal. I have had no opportunity of referring to the judgment which the hon. Member quotes, no doubt with perfect accuracy.