asked the Secretary of State for India whether the statement that our aeroplanes have been bombing the tribal concentrations of the Maris of Baluchistan means that purely military posts have been attacked or places where women and children are liable to be present?

The telegram received by the Secretary of State for India speaks of "tribesmen "and "an enemy gathering" of Maris having been bombed by our aeroplanes. There is no reason to suppose that places were thus attacked where women and children were likely to be present.