HC Deb 02 July 1906 vol 159 c1414
MR. LONSDALE

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when the evacuation of the Sudanese Bahr-el-Ghazal by Congolese troops, in accordance with the Anglo-Belgian Convention, will take effect.

SIR EDWARD GREY

The five posts in the Bahr-el-Ghazal occupied by Congolese troops should have been evacuated as soon as possible after the signature of the agreement. But in such remote districts, a certain delay in sending instructions and in carrying them out is unavoidable.

LORD TURNOUR (Sussex, Horsham)

How long since should the evacuation have taken place? What has been the extent of the delay?

SIR EDWARD GREY

I can hardly tell. It necessarily takes time to reach these remote places.