HC Deb 26 February 1903 vol 118 c926
MR. JOSEPH WALTON (Yorkshire, W. R. Barnsley)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will state to the House the modus vivendi agreed upon between the Powers in regard to the question of consular jurisdiction in Shanghai.

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

If the right hon. Gentleman will move for a Return I shall be happy to give it. He will, however, no doubt bear in mind that the modus vivendi is only a provisional arrangement.