MR. HERBERT ROBERTS (Denbighshire, W.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give the House the latest information as to the alleged; rebellion in China.
§ * LORD CRANBORNEAccording to the information received from the Acting British Consul General at Canton through His Majesty's Minister at Peking, the Chinese authorities reported that a rebellion had broken out in the west of Kwangsi, and was due to troops having mutinied because their pay was in arrear. We have reason to believe that the importance of the incident has been exaggerated, but our information is now some days old and further inquiry is being made of His Majesty's Minister.
MR. HERBERT ROBERTSCan the noble Lord say, in reference to the alleged rebellion, whether the statement in the papers is accurate as to the going over of 20,000 Chinese troops to the rebels?
§ * LORD CRANBORNEI am afraid I must ask for notice of that Question.