§ * SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state in what condition the Tientsin siding dispute now stands.
§ LORD CRANBORNEThe Russian Government have accepted the proposal of which I informed the right hon. Baronet on the 21st of February.† It is proposed to appoint as Commissioners the British and Russian Consular Officers at Tientsin.