§ Mr. MITCHELL-THOMSONasked the Under - Secretary of State for India whether he has any further information regarding the massacre of the British mission on the Assam border; and what punitive measures are being undertaken?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe latest news I have received on this subject, based on reports from Nepalese coolies, leaves little doubt, I regret to say, that Mr. Williamson and a party of thirty coolies have been murdered by Abor tribes on the border of Eastern Bengal and Assam. Dr. Gregorson, who had stayed behind on the Dihong River with some sick coolies, has, I fear also been killed. It has not yet been decided what steps are required in view of the information received, but a force of 175 490 armed police has proceeded in the direction of the scene of the massacre.