§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Viscount CROSS)My Lords, with reference to the answer which I gave to my noble Friend the Marquess of Ripon yesterday, I, of course, at once telegraphed that answer to the Viceroy, and I have just this moment received the following telegram from him:—
There is no foundation for the report that a reward has been offered by us for the rebels, dead or alive.