§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government have received any official communications from the Chinese Government regarding the present disturbances in China; and, if so, whether he can inform the House of the purport of such communications.
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MR. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordNo communications have taken place with the Chinese Government since the present crisis became acute, and all telegraphic communication interrupted. In the earlier stages of the movement repeated warnings, as I have already stated, were 904 addressed to the Yamen by Her Majesty's Minister with regard to the state of affairs in Shantung and Chihli, and the murder of Mr. Brooks, a British missionary in the former province.