§ COLONEL DENNY (Kilmarnock Burghs)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give any further information about the progress being made in the negotiations with the Chinese Government in regard to compensation for the relatives 268 of those whose lives were lost in the Kow Shing disaster.
§ * MR. BRODRICKThere has been no progress since the statement made by me on February 20th, in reply to a question on the subject. On the 9th ultimo a Note was addressed to the Chinese Minister, in which the hope was expressed that he would soon be in a position to communicate the reply of his Government to our proposal that the claim for compensation should be referred to arbitration.