Don't mention colonial rebellions as basic issues that can't be covered up; even the content of small internal party meetings often ends up in the papers the next day.
Therefore, even if the intelligence about the colonial rebellion was indeed leaked from Count Minto, he merely committed the "mistake" that ministers often do.
Meanwhile, Grant's request for an investigation seems to be breaking political norms.
Russell tapped the table softly, yet with the authority of the Home Secretary: "Enough, gentlemen. We are not here today to settle petty accounts with each other or to look for scapegoats."
