§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Belgian syndicate, which has obtained the concession for the Pekin-Hankow Railway, has sold its rights to the Russo-Chinese Bank, whose capital has been mainly subscribed by the Russian Government?
MR. CURZONHer Majesty's Minister at Pekin telegraphs this morning that he has no information to show that the Belgian syndicate has parted with its rights to the Russo-Chinese Bank. The bank is acting as the agent for the syndicate at Shanghai.