§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the fact that, on the 3rd instant, Lord Milner was present at Johannesburg at the recommence of the publication of the "Star" newspaper in that town, and that the High Commissioner started the machinery and proposed the success of the "Star," trusting that its future career would be as brilliant as its past; and, having regard to the fact that the "Star" is the 298 organ of some of the promoters of the Jameson Raid and is a journal of a partisan character, will he state what explanation the Colonial Office has to offer for the action of the High Commissioner in this matter.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINI have no information on the subject of the question, and I am unable either to confirm or to deny the statements made in it. No explanation is in my opinion called for from the Colonial Office.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLWill the right hon. Gentleman telegraph to Milner for an explanation?
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINNo, certainly not.