§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can now state whether the Zulus engaged in the Natal rising are armed with rifles, assegais, etc., supplied by Birmingham firms; and will he say whether these arms were supplied to them in connection with the Boer War.
§ *MR. CHURCHILLNo, Sir; I have no more information on this subject than when I replied to the hon. Member on the 14th ultimo.†
§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYWill the right hon. Gentleman undertake to investigate any cases of gun running that may be brought under his notice?
§ *MR. CHURCHILLYes, any case of that kind will be rigorously followed up.
§ MR. BELLOC (Salford, S.)Have the rifles given to the natives during the Boer War been returned?
† See (4) Debates, clvii., 176
§ *MR. CHURCHILLasked for notice of the Question.