HC Deb 10 April 1902 vol 105 c1448
MR. JAMES O'KELLY (Roscommon, N.)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government has received communication of a new treaty between Russia and China providing for the evacuation of Manchuria; and whether he can state when the evacuation will begin.

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Lord CRANBORNE, Rochester)

His Majesty's Minister has reported that a Convention relating to Manchuria has been signed. Its terms have not been officially communicated to His Majesty's Government, but we understand that it provides for partial evacuation within six months and for complete withdrawal within eighteen months from the date of the signature.