§ MR. DE LISLE (Leicester, Mid)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there is any 1150 foundation for the report, published in the Globe of 26th January, that Germany is endeavouring to obtain from the King of Siam the cession of a port and some territory in the Malay Peninsula, North of Penang, and South of British Burma: and whether Her Majesty's Government have any information as to whether such cession would be in accordance with the wishes of the Siamese Dependency of Kedah, formerly under British protection?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir J. FERGUSSON, Manchester, N. E.)Sir, we have reason to believe that there is no foundation for that report.