§ SIR SAMUEL SCOTT (Marylebone, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether Sir W. Butler has been sent out by the Government to South Africa on a mission, giving him large powers of local inquiry; and, if so, 441 whether he can give the House any information as to the nature of that mission.
§ MR. HALDANENothing is known in the War Office of the reasons for the departure of Sir William Butler to South Africa. He has not gone on any mission connected with the War Department.