HC Deb 16 August 1881 vol 265 c24
MR. SUMMERS (for Mr. CAINE)

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If his attention has been drawn to the recent barbarities committed by King Ja-Ja, of Opabo, on the West Coast of Africa; and, if so, whether Her Majesty's Consul at Fernando Po has been instructed to inquire into the matter, and bring such judicious pressure to bear upon him as will in future prevent a repetition of such atrocities?

SIR CHARLES W. DILKE

No, Sir; we have not heard anything of the matter at the Foreign Office. We are aware that there has been a newspaper paragraph on the subject; but we have no information.