§ SIR M. STEWART (Kirkcudbright)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Chinese Government has consented to grant compensation for the loss of British lives occasioned by the sinking of the Kowshing; and will the Government, seeing so long a time has elapsed without 670 redress, insist that the case should be taken up without further delay by the Chinese Government and equitably settled?
MR. CURZONA further Note was addressed to the Chinese Minister a short time ago, inquiring whether he had yet received any reply from his Government to his request for instructions on the subject, and expressing the hope that he would shortly be in a position to deal with the question. The Minister's attention will again be called to the case.