§ COLONEL J. M. DENNY (Kilmarnock Burghs)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has received any information from British Consulates in Germany as to an increased number of sailings of the subsidised line of steamers from Germany to the British East African Protectorate, and whether he intends to take steps to aid British enterprise in meeting this favoured competition?
MR. CURZONHer Majesty's Consuls in Germany have had no occasion specially to inform us as to the increased number of sailings of the German steamships to East Africa, inasmuch as the latter have been publicly notified and are everywhere known. The subject of British steam communication with East Africa is one that has for long engaged the attention of Her Majesty's Government.