CHINA—ANTI-FOREIGN OUTBREAK— THE ATTACK ON THE TA-KU FORTS.

HC Deb 05 July 1900 vol 85 cc616-7

MR. DILLON (Mayo, E.)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information to the effect that Admiral Kempff opposed the policy of attacking the Ta-ku fo rts on the ground that by this attack the Chinese Regulars would be forced into an alliance with the Boxers; and what is the position at present of the American forces.

*THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MR. BRODRICK,) Surrey, Guildford

We have no such information. Our admiral telegraphed that all the allied admirals at Ta-ku were working in perfect accord. The position of the American forces is doubtless the same as that of the other allied Powers.