§ 1. Sir J. D. REESasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether he is aware that the internal condition of Liberia has not improved since the loan negotiations were concluded, but that disorder still prevails, and that no adequate arrangements are made for preserving peace and order away from the coast; that the officer commanding the frontier force has returned to America; and that traders and others concerned with Liberia are alarmed by the unsatisfactory conditions of the interior of the Republic; and whether he can see his way to make any representations to the President?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. Grey)I am aware that there have been disorders in the interior of Liberia which the Government have been unable to deal with adequately, but only one of the American officers employed with the frontier force has been sent back to America, and that because he did not give satisfaction. I have received no complaints from traders or others connected with Liberia, and representations to the President of the Republic would be premature, but I have been in communication with the acting British Consul-General at Monrovia respecting the state of affairs to which he will continue to give attention.