§ MR. HOGAN (Tipperary, Mid)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has noticed, in the Official Report of the British Consul just issued, that trade in Samoa is paralysed in consequence of the politically disturbed condition of the country, that all progress has been checked, that no public works have been attempted during the past year, and that, under existing circumstances, it is almost hopeless to expect the carrying out of any public works; and whether, in view of these facts, he will confer with the other Treaty Powers with respect to giving early consideration to the serious situation that has arisen in Samoa, and taking the requisite steps to establish some stable form of Government in a group that now numbers 300 British-born subjects amongst its population?
§ * SIR E. GREYI must refer the hon. Member to a reply given on the 17th, from which he will see that we are in communication with Germany and the United States, and that the three Treaty Powers have sent ships of war to Samoa with the object of putting an end to political disturbance.