HC Deb 06 February 1900 vol 78 cc713-4
MR. HOGAN (Tipperary, Mid)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Mr. Basil Thomson has been despatched on a special mission to Tonga; and if so, whether there is any objection to stating its purport.

MR. J. CHAMBERLAIN

Yes. Mr. Thomson has been sent to Tonga to discuss with the King the change in the international position of the group effected by the Anglo-German Convention of November last.

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