§ MR. NORMAN (Wolverhampton, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government has received any communication from the Chinese Government respecting the opening of China to the trade of the world; and, if so, what reply has been sent.
§ * VISCOUNT CRANBORNENo communication of this nature has been received by His Majesty's Government either from the United States or the Chinese Governments.