§ * MR. CHANNING (Northamptonshire, E)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Mr. Albert Cartwright, formerly editor of 982 the South African News, who is about to complete a year's imprisonment at Cape Town for reprinting from the Press of this country a letter held to be a seditious libel, is in bad health, and has applied on that ground, and also on the ground that his means of making a living in South Africa no longer exist, for permission to come to this country; and that such permission has been refused by the military authorities; and whether he will, under these circumstances, request the military authorities to re-consider this application.
§ MR. BRODRICKI have no knowledge of the circumstances alluded to in the Question.
§ * MR. CHANNINGWill the right hon. Gentleman inquire? I may pay the Question has been asked at the earnest request of the wife of this gentleman, who has been sent to England.
§ MR. BRODRICKwas understood to reply that it was impossible for him to inquire into the cases of those who had got into trouble under martial law, and he would rather hesitate to interfere with their discretion.
§ * MR. CHANNINGI am sure that the right hon. Gentleman cannot have considered the matter, and I will therefore put down a further Question.