HC Deb 28 April 1898 vol 56 c1396
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 TREASURY

We have no information as regards the first and third Questions. The answer to the second is in the negative.

SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT

Will the right honourable Gentleman be so good as to inquire for information on this subject?

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