§ MR. HOGANI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any official information has yet arrived in reference to the mission of Mr. Basil Thomson to Tonga; and whether there is any ground for the impression conveyed by recent telegrams that the conditions of the proposed Protectorate are not acceptable to the King and Government of Tonga.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINOnly a brief telegram has been received from Mr. Thomson stating that he had proclaimed a Protectorate with the approval of the majority of the Tongans, and that the King stated he was satisfied.