§ SIR ELLIS ASHMEAD-BARTLETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) whether it is a fact that the Russian authorities have property in Port Arthur, and have ejected the Chinese residents; (2) whether the Russians have insisted on the dismissal of the British instructors in the Chinese naval schools and their replacement by Russian naval officers; and (3) whether Russian engineers have surveyed Port Adams, near New-chwang, with a view to establishing a railway terminus there?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYWe have no information as regards the first and third Questions. The answer to the second is in the negative.
§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTWill the right honourable Gentleman be so good as to inquire for information on this subject?
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