§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal. S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, what explanation or reply he has to make respecting the statement of Sir Redvers Buller in his letter to the Secretary of State for War, dated 23rd May, with reference to the assistance alleged to have been given to the editors of "The Times History of the War" in its compilation by the official heads of the Army, and the information which was alleged to have been given, not only of the substance of confidential telegrams which passed between the Secretary of State for War and the Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, but of the views of Cabinet Ministers who dealt with them; and whether the information alleged to have been given to The Times will now be laid before the public; and 1538 will he explain why these communications were given to the editors of "The Times History of the War" by the Government.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK, Surrey, Guildford)No documents whatever have been given to the editors of "The Times History of the War" by the Government or the War Office.