§ *LORD LOCHI have been asked by the noble Marquess the Secretary of State for War to postpone the question of which I had given notice—namely: "To ask the Secretary of State for War if he can give any assurance that the Boer prisoners, now amounting to several thousands, will not be interned in places in proximity to the Dutch districts of the Cape Colony or in any considerable numbers in the Cape peninsula." I propose to again place the question upon the Notice Paper at a very early date, as I think it is desirable that we should have without delay some information on the subject to which the question refers. I may observe that the question affects political as well as military considerations, and I trust, and presume, that Sir Alfred Milner will be consulted on the subject.
§ House adjourned at twenty minutes before Six of the Clock, till To-morrow, half-past Ten of the Clock.