MR. J. HERBERT ROBERTS () Denbighshire, W.I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information as to the murder at the village of Meughem of Major Kiddle, Mr. Sutherland, and Mr. Litton, attached to the Bui-mo-Chinese Boundary Commission; and whether he will state what military steps are being taken, in view of this serious incident, with regard to the future labours of the Commission.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingI have received the following information of the events referred to. It appears that the officers in question were assaulted whilst visiting a bazaar on the 9th of February last at the village of Menghem. Two were murdered and one wounded. Menghem is just outside British territory as at present delimitated. The Government of India are considering whether the Commission should not withdraw to British territory for the present, and will take, in concert with the Chinese Commissioner, such measures as may seem to them to be necessary.