§ MR. SCHWANN (Manchester, N.)To ask the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the present position of our negotiations with the other European Powers with regard to the alleged atrocities in the treatment of ! natives in the Congo State and the necessity of bringing that treatment before a competent tribunal to sift the evidence and, if proved, provide adequate remedies for the prevention of cruelties alleged to be practised in Mid Africa.
(Answered by Earl Percy.) His Majesty's Government have addressed communications to the Powers on the subject referred to by the hon. Member, and no replies have yet been received.