§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL (Kirkcaldy, &c.)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If there is any truth in the statement going the 325 round of the newspapers that arrangements are in progress for an extension of the British Empire in the shape of a Protectorate over North Borneo and other countries of the Indian Archipelago?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N E.)I have already stated that the question of a British Protectorate over parts of North Borneo is the subject of negotiations not yet completed.