§ SIR ELLIS ASHMEAD-BARTLETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, what sort of trial was given to the English trader Stokes, lately hanged by the Belgians in Central Africa; and, what are the charges against him?
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. GEORGE CURZON,) Lancashire, SouthportHer Majesty's Government have not yet received any reply from the Belgian Government to their inquiries about the circumstances attending the execution of the British trader Stokes; and I am not therefore in a position to give the hon. Member any authoritative information on the two points raised in his question. But Her Majesty's Government regard the case as one of much importance, and are pressing for an early answer.