§ MR. WEBSTER (St. Pancras, E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any further information respecting the unfortunate occurences in West Africa, whereby a number of British officers and men lost their lives in attacks by soldiers in the service of France; and whether such attacks were made in territories within the British sphere of influence?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. S. BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarBoth the occurrences are being inquired into, and until the inquiries, both as to facts and localities, are completed, no statement can be made on the subject.