HC Deb 29 August 1895 vol 36 c1134
SIR JOHN KENNAWAY (Devon, Honiton)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if his attention has been called to a telegram from the special correspondent of the pall Mall Gazette, from Shanghai on Friday last, stating that the former Viceroy of Izu, Lin Chang, who is regarded as the actual originator of the Cheng Tu riots, has been appointed Imperial Commissioner to investigate the outrages upon missionaries; and whether he has any reason to believe the statement to be correct?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. GEORGE CURZON,) Lancashire, Southport

We have received no such information; and it does not appear likely to be true.