London, June 29.
Yesterday's developments in connection with the question of Parli mentary privileges, which was raised the House of, Commons on Monday, had a dramatic sequel today.
At the end of question time in the House of Commons, Mr. Duncan Sandys, Conservative Member for Norwood, rose to address the Speaker and announced that, in his capacity as an comicer of the Territorial Army, he had received orders to appear tome: row in uniform, to give evidence before a Military Court of Enquiry, Set up by the General Omleer Commanding-in-Chief the Eastern, Command, in conformity with the decision of the Army Council, made public by the War Office last night, Mr, Sandys appealed to the Speaker for guidance and said that the question, of how far it was permissible to compel.a Member of Parliament to divulge the source of information used by him in the discharge of his Parliamentary duties, was in the process of being considered by the House fand, in those circumstances, he sub-mitied that it was a gross breach of privilege of the House that he should be summoned to give evidence before a military tribunal and asked the Speaker to declare that he had made out a prima facie case of breach of privilege.
The Speaker ruled the Member for Norwood had made out a prima facie case of breach of privilege and the mutter was referred to the Committee of, Privileges 'Tomorrow's debate on the motion establishing a Select Committee to enquire into the circumstances of the case presented to the House by 'Mr, Sandys on Monday has aroused great interest: both in Parliament and in the Press and Mr, Sandys' appeal to the Speaker today and the disclosure of the fact that he had been summoned to give evidence before a military tribunal in advance of this debate and of the report of the Select Committee has caused marked sensation in the House.
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