§ MR. SALTasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If he can supply any information as to the present position and claims of the French in Tonquin; and, whether British trade in the East is affected injuriously by the events that have recently occurred?
§ LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICESome communications of a strictly confidential character have recently passed in regard to the claims of the French in Tonquin; but I am not in a position to make any communication to the House. No complaints have reached the Foreign Office as to British trade having been injuriously affected.