HC Deb 23 April 1888 vol 325 cc153-4
SIR GEORGE BADEN-POWELL (Liverpool, Kirkdale)

asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether he can give the House any further information as to the reported threat of an attack on the British Settlement of Walfisch Bay by inhabitants of the neighbouring German Protectorate; and, whether the German Authorities have taken the steps necessary to maintain an effective control over the inhabitants of their Protectorate, especially in regard to preventing hostile aggression outside the boundaries of the Protectorate?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) (Liverpool, East Toxteth)

In answer to my hon. Friend, I can only say that our information on the subject is at present incomplete; but that Her Majesty's Government are in communication with the German Government as to the apprehended disturbance.