§ *SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he knows when the publication of the Report of the Congo Commission of Inquiry may be expected, and the reasons given by the Congo Government for the delay; and whether, having regard to the correspondence with His Majesty's Government which preceded the issue of the Commission, any steps can be taken by His Majesty's Government to hasten the publication of the Report and evidence, in order that its value may be judged.
THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Earl PERCY, Kensington S.)The three members of the Congo Inquiry Commission have, we understand, only just reassembled at Brussels after a brief holiday, and are now engaged in preparing their Report. His Majesty's Government will not fail to urge upon the Congo Government the importance of early publication.