HC Deb 21 June 1910 vol 18 c178
Lord BALCARRES

asked if the right lion. Gentleman's attention had been drawn to the intention of the Belgian Government to draft 3,000 native soldiers into the Katanga region of the Congo, in addition to the 700 native soldiers now stationed in that region; if he was aware that the military forces maintained by the Belgian Government in the Congo greatly exceeded, having regard both to area and population, the military forces maintained by England, France, and Germany in their respective tropical African dependencies; and, if "so, whether he intended to take any action in the matter?

Sir E. GREY

The answer to the first two questions is in the affirmative; to the last question in the negative, as I do not see that any action is called for.