§ MR. W. E. FORSTERasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he can give any information as to the drowning of thirty-two Africans by orders of the superintendent of a Dutch factory near Congo, as reported in the "Daily Telegraph," and especially whether a British subject was implicated in this murder? He might add that he had received from the best private source a confirmation of this dreadful story, and also, he ought to state, that the British subject was said to be an Englishman.
§ MR. BOURKEWe have received a Report upon this subject, in which se- 679 veral persons are said to have lost their lives as stated; and that Report is now before the Law Officers. It is quite true that one individual who is said to be implicated in this matter is an Englishman.
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERI suppose it is under the consideration of the Government to take proper steps for the punishment of this man if there is reason to believe he is guilty?
§ MR. BOURKECertainly, the reason it is before the Law Officers is that the man is said to be a British subject.