§ MR. JACOB BRIGHTasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If he can give the House any information with regard to the Treaty with Portugal on the subject of the Congo?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEAs I explained yesterday, I think it premature to give detailed information as to the arrangements in contemplation. It is an international arrangement relating to the river, similar to that which 1544 relates to the Danube. The Commission has power on the river alone.
§ MR. JACOB BRIGHTThen the territory will remain exactly as it is now?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICEThe projected arrangement will in no manner, if it follows the lines of the Danube Commission, affect the territory.