§ MR. EDWARD MOON (St. Pancras, N.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether his attention has been called to the text and terms of an alleged treaty between Russia and China, whereby the latter Power, in addition to granting commercial facilities to Russia, confers the right to use ports, recruit forces, build barracks and coal depôts, lay a branch line through Kirin and Manchuria to Talienwan, occupy and fortify various positions, including an island near Talienwan, establish depots for stores, and maintain garrisons in such positions; and whether he can give any information on the subject to the House?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. GEORGE CURZON,) Lancashire, SouthportRumours of such an alleged treaty have appeared, and have been discussed in the newspapers; but Her Majesty's Government are in possession of no reliable information on the subject.