§ DR. TANNER (Cork Co., Mid)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, If it is true that the Chinese garrisons in Turkestan are being strongly reinforced; and, whether this reinforcement has been carried out in pursuance of an understanding between China and England for the protection of the latter's Eastern Empire?
§ THE UNDER SECERTARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)No information on the subject has reached Her Majesty's Government.