§ 5. Mr. MITCHELL-THOMSONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any further information as to the truth or otherwise of the reported murder of two British subjects by natives on the Upper Paraguay; and, if not, whether he will cause inquiry to be made of the British Vice-Consul at Santa Cruz and the Bolivian Government?
§ Mr. ACLANDHis Majesty's Charge d'Affaires in Bolivia has reported that the British Vice-Consul at Santa Cruz has telegraphed a rumour that the persons in question were murdered near Gaiba. No exact information had been received up to the 1st instant, the date of His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires' report, but at his request the Bolivian Government have ordered a detachment of troops to the spot to ascertain whether there is any truth in the report, and, if so, to apprehend the guilty parties.