Sir GILBERT PARKERasked if negotiations are taking place with the Belgian Government on the subject of the Lado enclave; if His Majesty's Government hold the view that the lease of the territory to 1636 the Congo Free State expired with the disappearance of the Congo Free State; and whether the negotiations, if any, now proceeding are distinct from the general question of Congo misgovernment, which is occupying the attention of the Secretary of State?
§ The SECRETARY Of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir Edward Grey)The status of the Lado enclave has naturally to be considered in connection with the annexation by Belgium of the Congo State, but no negotiations are now proceeding on the subject.