§ 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 CRANBORNENo. 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.