§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information to the effect that the German Chancellor has expressed the view that the Anglo-German Agreement does not affect Manchuria; and whether he will inquire whether such statement was made.
§ VISCOUNT CRANBORNEI will ask the hon. Member to allow me to deal with this question in debate later on in the evening.
§ MR. CONOR O'KELLY (Mayo, N.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to a statement by Count von Bülow denying explicitly that the Anglo-German Agreement applies to Manchuria; and whether His Majesty's Government agrees with the views of Count von Bülow.
§ VISCOUNT CRANBORNEI would rather postpone my answer to this until I speak on the subject in the debate which I understand is to come on later in the evening.
§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can, give the House any information as to the acceptance or rejection by the Chinese Government of the Russo-Chinese Agreement regarding Manchuria which the Russian Government has been pressing upon China.
§ VISCOUNT CRANBORNENo information has been received that an agreement between Russia and China has been either accepted or rejected.
§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTCan the noble Lord state whether such an agreement has been or is being pressed upon the acceptance of His Majesty's Government?
§ VISCOUNT CRANBORNEI have no doubt that my hon. friend will have an opportunity of addressing himself to that question later on.
§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTThat is not the point. May I ask—
§ * MR. SPEAKEROrder, order! The hon. Member's second question does not arise out of his first. It is quite a separate question.
§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTWill you kindly read the last sentence of my question, Sir? Will the noble Lord be 56 kind enough to promise to give us the information this evening? I will promise to address myself to the question if only he will answer.
§ [No answer was returned.]