§ DR. TANNER (Cork County, Mid)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any further information has been received from Sir Claude MacDonald relative to M. Pavloff's objections to the Hong-kong and Shanghai Bank loan for the projected Niu-chang railway extension; and whether the Tsung-li-Yamen has given their decision that in case of Dr. Yung-Wing's failure to find the capital for the Pekin-Ching-Kiang Railway the concession should go to German capitalists?
MR. CURZONNO further information has been received from Sir C. MacDonald on the first point. We have not heard of any such decision on the part of the Tsung-li-Yamen as is referred to in the second paragraph of the question.
§ DR. TANNERIn case what is alleged n the second paragraph of the Question 705 turns out to be true, are the Government prepared to take any steps——
§ MR. SPEAKEROrder, order! That is a hypothetical Question which cannot be put.