§ SIR HOWARD VINCENTI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if, having regard to the misunderstandings the recently published correspondence shows to have arisen from the verbal and semi-verbal assurances of the Russian Government as regards the Far East, Her Majesty's Government will consider the advisability of inviting His Imperial Majesty the Tzar, the Emperor of Germany, the Republic of France, and the Emperors of China and Japan, to enter into negotiations for a Treaty clearly defining the respective spheres of influence of the several nations, and the commercial policy to be pursued therein?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYI cannot believe that the course pursued by my honourable and gallant Friend would lead to any useful result.