§ MR. LAWRENCE (Liverpool, Abercromby)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, since rebels and the late enemies of His Majesty have in South Africa been allowed, as an act of grace, compensation for their losses sustained during the war, he will reconsider his decision and extend a similar act of grace to those traders who have lost their stock-in-trade owing to the recent rebellion in Sierra Leone, either at the hands of the rebels or of His Majesty's forces.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINI regret that I cannot reconsider the decision. His Majesty's Government have not granted any compensation to rebels in South Africa, and such relief as has been granted to our late enemies has been provided in redemption of special pledges.