§ *SIR J. COLOMBI beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, as a consequence of the absence of the senior British Admiral up country in China while at the head of International forces on land, the Russian Admiral has become the senior officer and head of the International forces on the water; and whether this state of things arises from orders sent by, or through, the Admiralty to the Admiral to leave his Fleet and proceed up country for land operations.
MR. GOSCHENThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, and the second part has been dealt with by my answer to the question of the hon. Member for King's Lynn.