§ MR. HOGANI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of conflicting cable messages, he can state what are now the precise relations existing between this country and the native kingdom of Tonga; and whether any fresh responsibilities in this connection have recently been assumed by Her Majesty's Government?
§ MR. BRODRICKHer Majesty's Government have received no confirmation of the cable messages which have appeared in the daily Press. They have authorised no action of the kind referred to.