HC Deb 16 December 1902 vol 116 cc1330-1
SIR CHARLES DILKE () Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean

To ask the Under Secretary of Slate for Foreign Affairs if His Majesty's Government are yet in a position to say whether the arrest of Herr Rabinek took place on board the "Scotia;" and, if so, whether that ship was in British or in Congo State waters at the time; and what course in reference to the arrest it is proposed to adopt.

(Answered by Lord Cranborne.) As the right hon. Baronet is aware, His Majesty's Government have applied to the owners of the "Scotia" for definite information on the point mentioned. That information we have not yet received. The course to be followed must depend on the facts as eventually ascertained.

Newfoundland Fisheries Commission MR. PARTINGTON () Derbyshire, High Peak

To ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will state when His Majesty's Government propose to publish the Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the Fishing question and the French Treaty Shore in Newfoundland.

(Answered by Lord Cranborne.) As stated in this House, in answer to a Question on the 8th of July last year, there is no intention of laying the Report before Parliament.