§ MR. DILLONI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there is any General in supreme command of the allied forces at Tientsin; and, if not, whether any communications have passed between the Powers as to the appointment of a Commander-in-Chief.
§ * MR. BRODRICKThe instructions given by Her Majesty's Government to the senior naval and military officers on the spot are to arrange all matters in eon-cert with the commanding officers of the forces of other Powers. Communications are passing between the Powers on various points but we are nut in telegraphic communication with Tientsin, and I cannot make any further statement at present.
§ MR. DILLONI beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government has sanctioned any proposal to put the allied forces at Tientsin under the command of a Japanese general officer.
§ * MR. BRODRICKNO, Sir; nor has any such proposal yet been made.