§ SIR ELLIS ASHMEAD-BARTLETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government, have any information as to the reported advance of Russian troops into Manchuria, and especially to Kirin, the capital of that province; and whether the forts at Port Arthur are in the occupation of Russian Forces?
MR. CURZONWe have had no confirmation of the rumours in question. There are now no forts in existence at Port Arthur.
§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTAre there any Russian forces on land at Port Arthur?
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLAre there any Turkish forces there?
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