MR. GIBSON BOWLES (Lynn Regis)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to a telegram in The Times of 6th March, dated Rangoon 5th March, in which it is stated that it has been decided that all active operations in the Kachin Hills, east of the Irawaddy, are to cease, and also, that a Chinese officer had been killed near Sima, during the recent fighting; whether he is able to confirm these statements; and whether he can supplement them by any further information?
§ SIR E. GREYYes; the statement is correct. The officers on the spot reported the rising as over, and on the 28th of February the Viceroy of India telegraphed that the work of the Eastern Columns may be considered closed for this season. Her Majesty's Government have received no information bearing on the report that a Chinese officer had been killed near Sima; and they have no further information on the subject of the hon. Member's questions.