§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps have been taken in regard to the claim for compensation made by Dr. James A. Greig, one of the Missionaries of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, against the Chinese Government for the outrage committed by Chinese soldiers at Tu Seve Hia, near Kirin, on the 7th of August, 1891; and whether the claim is being pressed by the representative of the British Government in China?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. J. W. LOWTHER, Cumberland, Penrith)Her Majesty's Minister at Peking has demanded compensation from the Chinese Government for the outrage committed on Dr. Greig, but no definite result has yet been obtained. Her Majesty's Government are, however, in telegraphic communication on the subject with Sir John Walsham, who is pressing the claim upon the Chinese Government.