§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal. S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state whether Colonel St. Quentin is the member of the Imperial Yeomanry Committee, whose duty it was to inspect the remounts for the South African War, who made the arrangement with Major Studdert for the purchase by him of horses in Ireland for the South African War; and will he say why Colonel St. Quentin was not called as a witness at the trial in Dublin of the Secretary of State for War a Studdert and others.
I beg also to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he was aware of the terms under which the action 18 of the Secretary of State for War v. Studdert, for fraudulent breach of contract as agent and trustee, was compromised by the Solicitor General for Ireland as counsel for the War Office, and did he personally assent thereto; and, if so, will he state the grounds on which his assent was based.
THE FINANCIAL SECEETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (LORD STANLEY, Lancashire, Westhoughton)The questions involved in this case are numerous and complicated. The law officers are carefully investigating them with a view to any action which may be possible. But my right hon. friend cannot at this moment make a statement.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLWill one be made before the adjournment for the holidays?