M. Scbollaert, 'the Belgian Prime Minister, concluded on Thursday his'
discourse,in the Chamber on the Congo. The territories of that State censtituted, he declared, "a source of wealth which surpasses the imagination." M. Schollaert went on to defend the concessionary companies, and to allege that the British Memorandum was mistaken in several points. He concluded by insisting that the question of concessions was one of internal administration. There was nothing now to prevent "the decision of the Chamber in favour of the future glory of the country." We have not, of course, seen the full text of the Belgian Prime Minister's speech, but we are bound to say that if the summary contained in the Brussels telegram in Friday's Times does not misrepresent it, there is urgent need for the friends of good government in Africa to continue to watch with the greatest possible care the course of the negotiations between the Belgian Govern- ment and the Congo State.
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