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Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [7th February], "That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty as followeth:—
Most Gracious Sovereign,
We Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament:—(Captain Bagot:)—
§ Question again proposed:—Debate resumed:—
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Amendment proposed, at the end of the Question, to add the words,—
And we humbly pray Your Majesty to direct Your Ministers to take early and effective measures to assist the Chinese Government in maintaining the territorial independence of the Chinese Empire, and especially of the Province of Manchuria, in accordance with the Resolution of 1st March 1898 unanimously affirmed by this House:"—(Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett:)—