§ SIR CHARLES DILKE () Gloucester, Forest of DeanI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what were the circumstances under which the ex-King of Uganda escaped from German East Africa and invaded Buddu with a force almost wholly recruited from German territory, at a moment when the Government of the Protectorate had already to face a military mutiny and another native rising; what representations have been made to Germany on the subject; and with what result?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. ST. JOHN BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordThe circumstances in which ex-King Mwanga escaped from German East Africa are narrated in the letter from Lieutenant Schlobach, which is printed at page 28 of Africa, No. 7, of 1898. The King was fired upon, and his only follower was shot. The same Parliamentary Paper contains (see pages 8, 14 and 22, etc.) all that is known in this Department of his proceedings immediately after his escape. Sir F. Lascelles brought the matter in a Note of April 1st, 1898, printed in the Parliamentary Paper, to the notice of the German Government, who expressed in reply their desire to co-operate for the common welfare, and stated that they had given orders to this effect. (The Note was dated June 11th.)