§ SIR JOHN LENG (Dundee)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the inconvenience and expense caused to British merchants having business in South Africa by the continued prohibition of the use of their private telegraphic codes; and whether he can now indicate after what lapse of time that prohibition will be removed; also, if he can say for how long the military censorship on press messages and correspondence will continue.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN (for Mr. BRODRICK)My right hon. friend is in communication with Lord Kitchener on this question, but it is not possible at present to fix a date when the censorship can be relaxed. He hopes that the period will not be distant.