HC Deb 09 May 1901 vol 93 c1153
MR. WILLIAM REDMOND: (Clare, E.)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has now received any information as to the firing by German troops upon a British boat in China; and, if not, whether he will make inquiries into this matter.

*VISCOUNT CRANBORNE

No. If the incident referred to in the newspapers actually took place, and had been of importance, his Majesty's representatives in China would certainly have reported it by telegraph. It is not proposed to make inquiry.