§ MR. ALDENI beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any official information showing that concessions in the Congo Free State have recently been made to three American firms; and, if so, whether he is in a position to give any farther information on the subject.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYHis Majesty Government have received no official information on the subject, though statements to that effect have been made in the Press.