HC Deb 31 December 1912 vol 46 cc185-6
1. Mr. CATHCART WASON

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has now received a report of the trial of a corporal of the Portuguese Army for the murder of the Rev. A. J. Douglas on Lake Nyasa; if His Majesty's Government were represented at the trial; if there were any provocative or extenuating circumstances justifying the sentence; and whether the Portuguese Government have offered, or have been asked, to pay adequate compensation to the relatives of the victim?

The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. Grey)

As I have not yet received the full information as to the trial, which I am expecting, I cannot at present add to the answers given on the 11th and 12th of December on this subject. I am informed that the Report from the Governor of Nyasaland cannot reach this country before the third week in January.

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