§ SIR JOHN KENNAWAY (Devon, Honiton)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to a telegram from Rome, that appeared in The Globe of the 16th instant, with regard to negotiations said to be proceeding between the Vatican and the British Government in regard to missions in Uganda; and if care will be taken that no undue precedence will be given to Roman Catholic missions on the ground of the alleged numerical superiority of their adherents?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickThere is no foundation whatever for the statement made in the telegram referred to. No such negotiations have taken place. It would be premature to give any undertaking regarding the Settlement of Uganda before the receipt of Sir Gerald Portal's Report, and I can assure the hon. Baronet that the question of giving any precedence to any Missions in Uganda has not been under consideration by the Government at all.