§ MR. DILLON (Mayo, E.)To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any official information to the effect that a native was killed by British soldiers near the village of Sersena, on 13th June last; whether a secret military inquiry is now being held; and, if so, why the inquiry is secret, and why is it not held by the ordinary tribunal.
(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) The dead body of a native was discovered at Sersena, and it was alleged that the 1305 deceased had been chased and struck by two soldiers. As British soldiers are only amenable to martial law in Egypt, the matter has been dealt with by a military court of inquiry, but the information obtained does not point to the conclusion that the man was killed by a soldier. I believe that such inquiries are not usually held in public.