§ Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether William Channing Arnold, a son of the late Sir Edwin Arnold and editor of the "Burma Critic," has been committed to prison in Rangoon; and if so, for what offence?
§ Mr. H. BAKERThe Secretary of State has seen a report in the newspapers that Mr. Arnold has been convicted, after trial with a jury in the Rangoon Chief Court, of defamation of a district magistrate, and has been sentenced to one year's simple imprisonment. The Secretary of State has asked for a full report of all the circumstances connected with the case.