HC Deb 01 March 1898 vol 54 c294
SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government have confirmation of the report that the Russians have occupied Deer Island, opposite Fusan, in Southern Corea?

MR. CURZON

The Russian authorities in Corea are believed to be in negotiation with the Corean Government for the establishment of a coal depôt on Deer Island, where the Japanese already possess a similar site. But we have heard nothing of a Russian occupation.

SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT

Is there anything to prevent them doing it?

MR. CURZON

I do not think there is anything whatever to prevent the Corean Government giving a site for a coal depôt to the Russian Government or any other Government.