§ MR. O'KELLYI beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any British warships have visited Kiaou Chau since its occupation by Germany?
§ MR. MACARTNEYIn the absence of my right hon. Friend, who is suffering from a severe cold, I must ask the hon. Gentleman to defer his question, which I am not in a position to answer at the present moment.
§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)I wish to ask the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he can, consistently with the public interest, answer the following Question: Whether it is the fact, as reported by the Times correspondent at Pekin, that the Chinese Government have accepted the Russian demands, which include the lease of Port Arthur as a fortified naval base, the lease of Talienwan as an open port, and terminus of the Trans-Manchurian Railway, with the right to make a railway from Petuna to Talienwan and Port Arthur?