Mr. DUNDAS WHITEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any inquiry has yet been made as to the alleged ill-treatment of Indians working for the Peruvian Amazon Company in the Putumayo Valley; if so, whether this country was represented on that inquiry; and what the result of that inquiry has been?
§ The SECRETARY Of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. Grey)The Peruvian Amazon Company have just intimated their intention of sending a Commission of Inquiry to the Putumayo, and I propose to suggest that one of His Majesty's Consuls and a Barbadian official should go with the Commission in case any British subjects are involved and require assistance.