§ Sir GEORGE WHITEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if his attention had been drawn to the fact that Commandant Sarrazyn, an ex-Commissioner for the Equator district of the Congo, had recently returned to the Congo as sub-director of the Kasai Company in which the Belgian Government hold half the shares; if he was aware that one of the circulars issued by this official, showing him to be a self-confessed dealer in slaves, was published in the "White Book [Cd. 1933]; and, if so, whether he proposed to take any action in the matter?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. Grey)The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The circular to which reference is made appears to have been issued in 1896. Inquiries are being made as to the facts referred to by the hon. Member.