§ Mr. DOUGLAS HALLasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether 1376W any attempt has been made to ascertain whether the English directors of the Peruvian Amazon Company, whose servants and agents were guilty of atrocities to the indentured labourers employed by them, were aware that the atrocities were being committed; if any correspondence passed between the Foreign Office and the English directors previous to the publication of Sir R. Casement's Report; and, if so, why the correspondence was not published with the Report?
§ Sir E. GREYThe reports that appeared in "Truth" were brought to the notice of the directors of the company. They denied all knowledge of the state of affairs and sent a commission to inquire. I have no doubt that this was an accurate statement of fact, and that the commission was abonâ fide, inquiry on their part. There was correspondence on these points between the company and the Foreign Office, but it does not add anything material to the substance of Sir R. Casement's Report.