§ MR. JACOB BRIGHTasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the Government can give any assurance that territorial changes which are said to be contemplated on the Congo river will leave unimpaired the freedom of Commercial intercourse which has hitherto existed between this Country and that part of Africa?
§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKEHer Majesty's Government are most desirous that there should be complete liberty of navigation and commerce on all the great rivers of Africa, and the matter is having their most careful consideration at the present time.