HC Deb 05 August 1913 vol 56 cc1263-4
60. Mr. RAMSAY MACDONALD

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can state if Mrs. Fitzgerald and Mr. A. Crawford, the treasurer and chairman of the Johannesburg Socialist party, who were arrested for alleged participation in the recent rioting in Johan- nesburg, are being tried privately in the fort, which is the common gaol of Johannesburg, and not in the Law Courts; and whether, if so, he can make any representations to the South African Government through Lord Gladstone on the subject of the rights of British citizens to an open trial?

Mr. HARCOURT

No, Sir, I have no official information on the subject.