HC Deb 22 April 1898 vol 56 cc811-2
SIR CHARLES DILKE

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the large Chinese garrison has been withdrawn from Kirin; and, whether Russia is in possession of the arsenal at Kirin?

THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY

We have no information as to the military situation at Kirin subsequent to a telegram from the British Military Attachê, who telegraphed from that place on March 5th that the rumours of the presence of large numbers of Russian troops were untrue.