§ MR. FELLI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he found on his recent visit a satisfactory condition of affairs existing in the portion of British territory leased to His Majesty the King of the Belgians, and known as the Lado enclave; and whether he heard any complaints of any atrocities having been committed there.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. CHURCHILL,) Manchester, N.W.The formal visit which I paid to the Belgian Authorities at Lado afforded me no opportunity of forming any special opinion on these matters which, of course, lie 335 quite outside the responsibilities of the Colonial Office.
§ MR. CATHCART WASON (Orkney and Shetland)Can the right hon. Gentleman say if it was not what was known about the Lado enclave which furnished Lord Cromer with his opinion regarding the Belgian atrocities?
§ MR. CHURCHILLI really cannot say how I form my own impressions very often.