§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask whether the Court-martial which will meet to-morrow for the trial of seven officers in connection with an incident that occurred at Cape Town in December, 1901, will be open to the public and the Press.
§ *MR. BRODRICKI gather from the question of the hon. Member 323 that he thinks Courts-martial do not take place in public.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLJust the reverse. The right hon. Gentleman must have turned a deaf ear to my question.
§ *MR. BRODRICKThis Court-martial is taking place in consequence of certain representations made by Mr. Stanford to the War Office. I have no control over the proceedings of the Court martial. It has been convened by the military authorities in the ordinary course, and the authorities will do what they consider to be just and desirable to the parties concerned.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to give notice that on the Estimates I will call attention to the conduct of the right hon. Gentleman with reference to this matter.