§ MR. LIDDELLsaid, he rose to inquire, Whether any application has been made to the Governor General of India for Troops to be employed in Japan; and, further, whether the Governor General has the power of ordering Troops for Foreign Service without the previous sanction of that House? He was induced to ask this question in consequence of what was now occurring in Japan, and of an announcement reported to have been made by Admiral Kuper to the British residents upon these islands that he was unable to afford them protection.
§ SIR CHARLES WOODI am not aware that any application of that kind has been made to the Governor General.