MR. GILPINasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether, in view of the frauds and the oppressive treatment reported to be practised upon the Chinese who have been imported into Cuba, it be competent for Her Majesty's Consul General in that 1150 island to receive from the Chinese Government Consular powers which may be exercised on their behalf?
§ VISCOUNT ENFIELDWhile fully recognizing, Sir, the humane motives which prompt my hon. Friend's Question, I am inclined to believe that, setting the technical objections aside, there would probably be much inconvenience, not to say embarrassment, in an English Consul General exercising jurisdiction on behalf of the Chinese Government in the Island of Cuba.