HC Deb 29 March 1906 vol 154 cc1552-3
MR. PIRLE (Aberdeen, N.)

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, in view of the reprint and wide circulation of Lord Milner's recent speech, and of the present channels of information between the two countries, he will consider the advisability of making known in South Africa the speech of the Lord Chancellor on the same occasion, by recommending to the various Governments of that country the adoption of the means of securing publicity, so frequently taken in France, by placarding that speech in South Africa, in the interests of peace and civilisation.

THE PRIME MINISTER AND FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Sir H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN,) Stirling Burghs

I do not think that in such a matter it would be desirable to interfere with the various Governments; and I am not ready to recommend the plan adopted in France of placarding important speeches. I do not know where we should stop.