§ COMMANDER BETHELLI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Colonel Colville is about to make war on Unyoro?
§ SIR G. BADEN-POWELLAt the same time, may I ask the hon. Baronet whether Kaba Rega, Chief of the Unyoro, is known to hold 50,000 Natives of the Waganda and other tribes in slavery; whether he has for months past harassed the British forces, and especially the Soudanese established to the westward of Uganda; and whether the Government have any definite news as to adequate measures having been taken to uphold our responsibilities and carry out our duties in the Unyoro district until such time as a final decision is come to on the Uganda question?
§ SIR E. GREYThere is no doubt that Kaba Rega holds many nations in slavery, but we cannot say exactly what number. Owing to his slave-raiding propensities, his determined hostility to Uganda, and his support of the Mahommedan faction there, it has from time to time been necessary to take measures against him. We hear by telegraph that information has been received at Zanzibar that Colonel Colville has recently found it necessary to take some such measures, but we have heard no details either as to what has been done or as to the special reason for it.