§ Sir GEORGE SCOTT ROBERTSONI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for India a question, of which I have given him private notice: Whether any further news has been received regarding the recent outrages at Tonk?
§ Mr. C. ROBERTSThe Secretary of State has learned with deep concern that Major Dodd has succumber to his injuries. The telegram is as follows:—
With reference to my previous telegram regarding the outrage at Tonk, I have to report with the deepest regret the death of Major Dodd at 11.45 on the night of the 14th. The immediate cause of death was heart failure.The death of such a capable, experienced, and gallant officer, and the loss it involves to the Frontier Service, must be deeply deplored.The Government of India also lay stress on the courage shown by Lieutenant Hickie and the officers and men of the constabulary in surrounding the murderer. The Secretary of State wishes to associate himself fully with the language used by the Government of India, and to express his profound sympathy with the relatives of the victims of the outrage in their distress.