MR. J. WALTON (Yorks, W.R., Barnsley)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, having regard to the provisions of the Treaty of Tien-tsin, and to the assurances given by the Government of China in respect of the Yang-tsze provinces in which British commercial interests are so predominant, Her Majesty's Government will demand from the Chinese Government full information as to whom and on what terms and conditions the concession for a railway from Pekin to Han-kau in the Yang-tsze Valley has been granted?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. G. N. CUEZON,) Lancashire, SouthportApplication has already been made to the Chinese Government for this information.