§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury the following question, of which I have given private notice:—Whether Her Majesty's Government propose to appoint; a general officer to command Her 629 Majesty's forces on land in China, and whether the alleged accord between the European Powers as regards the disturbances in China also includes Japan.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe Admiral on the station has been given full powers to act in the existing difficulty. It is not possible at present to state what; future arrangements will be made. The reply to the second part of my hon. friends question is in the affirmative.
§ *SIR. J. COLOMB (Great Yarmouth)As it has just been announced that military forces are going out to China, is it proposed to place them under the command of the Admiral?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURIt is not possible to answer that question at present.