§ 1. Sir J. D. REESasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the opposition of the Congo Reform Association has been an obstacle to the formal and long delayed recognition by Great Britain of Belgium's already accomplished annexation of the Congo?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. Grey)The question of recognising the annexation of the Congo by Belgium has been considered by His Majesty's Government entirely on its merits.