§ *SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucester, Forest of Dean)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government have now suggested to the Powers a Conference of the Powers signatory of the Brussels Act, or of the Powers possessing territory in Africa, on the subject of the African liquor clause of the Brussels General Act, or other subjects connected with that Act?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. GEORGE CURZON,) Lancashire, SouthportHer Majesty's Government are in communication with the Belgian Government as to the best means for bringing about a discussion between the Powers interested with regard to the regulation of the liquor trade on the West Coast of Africa.