Steamship Communication with East Africa.

HC Deb 29 May 1907 vol 174 cc1634-5

*MR. REES

I beg to ask the Under-secretary of State for the Colonies whether any arrangement was made at the Colonial Conference whereby British lines of steamships may be able satisfactorily to compete with German State-aided lines upon the East Coast of Africa.

THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. CHURCHILL,) Manchester, N.W.

The Answer is in the negative.

*MR. REES

asked whether any consideration of the subject was contemplated.

MR. CHURCHILL

Yes, Sir; the question of British communication between this country and the East Coast of Africa has been and will be most carefully considered.