MR. J. WALTON (Yorks, W.R., Barnsley)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign. Affairs whether he can state to the House the terms and conditions upon which the concession for the Pekin-Hankow Railway has been granted, and also on what terms and conditions the Russo-Chinese Bank is providing the money for the undertaking; and whether equal rights are expressly reserved for British commerce, as guaranteed by the Treaty of Tientsin?
MR. CURZONI informed the honourable Member last week that the terms of the agreement have not yet reached us, and I must repeat the same answer now.