§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any information as to recent military operations against 1410 natives in Nigeria; and whether the unrest is due to the circulation of seditious, matter among the Mussulman population.
§ MR. CHURCHILLThe Secretary of State has received full reports from Sir Frederic Lugard as to the recent military operations near Sokoto and at Hadeija in Northern Nigeria. There is no reason to suppose that the hostile attitude of certain sections of the Mussulman population was due to the circulation of seditious matter. No other military operations have taken place recently in parts of Nigeria where the population is Mussulman.