§ 2. Lieut.-Colonel HOWARD-BURYasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the report that. Dr. M'Govern has been interned in Lhasa; whether this gentleman proceeded to Lhasa without the knowledge and permission of the Indian Government; and whether his internment is due to representations from the Government of India or to the action of the Dalai Lama and his council?
§ Earl WINTERTONDr. M'Govern proceeded to Lhasa against the wishes of the Tibetan Government, without the knowledge of permission of the Government of India, and in contravention of 4 the frontier regulations. I have seen a newspaper report to the effect that he is ill and is practically a prisoner in his House at Lhasa, but I have no reason to suppose that he is in any sense "interned" or that any obstacle will be placed in the way of his return to India.