§ SIR MARK STEWART (Kirkcudbrightshire)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the case of the "Kowshing" has ever been submitted to arbitration; if it has been so submitted, can he state with what result; and, if not, will he explain the cause of the delay.
§ * MR. BRODRICKThe case has not yet been submitted to arbitration, and the delay has arisen in consequence of a difference of opinion between the Chinese Minister and Her Majesty's Government with regard to the terms of reference, which the Minister has been obliged to refer to his Government.