§ MR. O'DONNELLasked the Secretary of State for War, How many British officers are serving with the expedition directed by Mr. Stanley upon the Congo; whether he is aware that the Stanley Expedition is attempting the armed conquest of the Native tribes, that battles with the Natives have occurred near Stanley Pool, on the River Congo, at Tchoumbiri, at Bolobo, where cannon have been employed, in the country of the Mangalas, whose chief town has been burnt; whether vast 893 amounts in ivory and other commodities are exacted as war indemnities; |and, whether British Officers are authorized to take part in these proceedings?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONI have no knowledge at present of any British officers being with Mr. Stanley. There is no information at the War Office, nor, as far as I can ascertain, at the Foreign Office, with respect to the battles and the circumstances referred to in the further part of the hon. Member's Question.