MR. J. W. LOWTHER (Cumberland, Penrith)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government have approved or ratified the Agreement made between King Mwanga of Uganda and the late Sir G. Portal on the 29th of May, 1893, and whether such approval or ratification has been notified to King Mwanga; and whether the final decision of Her Majesty's Government to declare a Protectorate of Uganda has been conveyed to Uganda and notified to King Mwanga, in accordance with Clause 16 of the Agreement of the 29th of May, 1893?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OP STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickThe Agreement has not yet been formally approved or ratified. The decision of the Government in regard to Uganda will be duly notified to Mwanga, but it has not yet been despatched; the last caravan had already started before the announcement of the Protectorate was made.
§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)Is it a fact that Belgian forces, sent by the Congo Free State, are now in occupation of Lado, on the Nile?
§ SIR E. GREYI have no definite information on that subject.