§ *SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucester, Forest of Dean)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) whether the territory west of the 30th meridian E. of Greenwich leased by Her Majesty's late advisers to His Majesty Leopold H, Sovereign of the Congo State, continues to be so leased, or what is its international position, the corresponding lease by the Congo State to Great Britain named in Article III. of the Agreement having been cancelled by the withdrawal of Article III.; and (2) whether in the territory east of the 30th meridian E. of Greenwich leased at the same time by Her Majesty's Government to King Leopold, but not since renounced by the Congo State, the special flag named in the Agreement is used by the Congolese forces, and what is it?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. G. CURZON,) Lancashire, SouthportThe position created by the circumstances mentioned in the first paragraph of the right hon. Baronet's Question remains the same as it was under the late Government. The special flag to be used in the territory named in the second Article of the Agreement has not yet been defined.