GERMANY AND THE CONGO.
170 THZ EDITOR or van "SFECTLTOR."1
Stn,—With reference to Mr. E. D. Morel's letter which appeared in your issue of the 18th ult., I am instructed by my board to contradict the statement that the British financial interest in the mineral wealth of Katanga is eighty-one per cent. and the Belgian interest nineteen per cent. The British interest in Katanga is held by this company, and represents forty-five per cent., and the Belgian interest is fifty-five per cent. A confirmation of this statement is contained in the reply which M. Renkin, the Colonial Minister, made in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives three days before Mr. Morel's letter. I enclose translation of the reply referred
to.—I am, Sir, &e., G. SCOTLAND, Secretary. Tanganyika CONCCSEiONS, limited, Friars House, New Broad Street, B.C.
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