§ 2. Mr. HOLLINSasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that two British subjects were stabbed fatally by coolies in Java, Dutch East Indies, on the Doerdjo estate, Djember, in July and early August last; and whether he will bring the matter to the notice of the proper authorities with a view to more adequate protection being given to British subjects?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Arthur Henderson)Yes, Sir, the matter has been brought to the personal attention of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands by the local planters themselves, and the authorities of the Netherlands East Indies are at present conducting an investigation into the nature and causes of the recent attacks on Europeans by natives.