§ MR. SEAGER HUNT (Marylebone, W.)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is a fact, as reported, that the Russian Government have occupied Port Lazareff in the Corea; and, if so, what steps Her Majesty's Government propose to take for the protection of British interests in the China seas?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)The report referred to is probably a telegram from Pekin, which appeared in The Times on the 17th of July, that the Russian Fleet was threatening Port Lazareff. Her Majesty's Government have received no confirmation of that report, and Her Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburg was informed by M. de Giers, on the 25th of July, that there was no foundation for the statement.