§ MR. NORMAN (Wolverhampton, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can now give the House any information concerning the composition, the aims, and the results of the recent so-called Thibetan Embassy to His Majesty the Emperor of Russia.
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Viscount CRANBORNE,) RochesterHis Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburg has reported that the Thibetan Mission consisted of two envoys, with their suite. The principal member of the Mission was the Llama Akban Dorgiew, who had brought a complimentary letter from the Dalai Llama to the Emperor of Russia. His Excellency was assured by Count Lamsdorff that the Mission had no political or diplomatic character.