London vii Bombay, 10th June.
During the discussion of the Foreign Office vote in the House of Commons, Sir Charles Dilke lengthily deapeeciet the Congo Administration.
Several members demanded the summoning of an international conference.
Earl Percy, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said that while Italy, the United States, and Turkey stated that they were earnestly considering our representations, the other Powers were not prepared to act.—Reuter. London, 10th June.
The correspondence relative to the administration of the Congo State shows that, the Congo Government having demanded the names of those who gave information to the British Consul, Mr. Casement, while refusing to give a satisfactory guarantee that they should be protected, Lord Lansdowne wrote on the 6th instant, in reference to the searching and impartial enquiry which the Congo State had already promised, that. in the peculiar circumstances which had arisen, an investigation by Congo officials, or by agents of concessionary companies, would be neither impartial nor convincing.
Lord Lansdowne therefore suggested that a special commission, including eminent: persons unconnected with the Congo, shoulil be fully empowered to collect evidence and protect the witnesses—Haelusive service.
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