§ MR. JOSEPH WALTON (Yorkshire, W. R., Barnsley)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the present feeling towards foreigners in China, and in recognition of the preservation of the life and property of foreigners during the Boxer rising by Chang-Chih-Tung, the influence of His Majesty's Government will be used to secure his reinstatement as Viceroy at Wuchang.
§ LORD CRANBORNEHis Majesty's Government have already placed upon record their appreciation of the efforts made by the Viceroy Chang for the preservation of the life and property of foreigners during the late troubles. According to information recently received from His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Peking, His Excellency has memorialised the Throne for permission to proceed to Peking as a preliminary to his reinstatement at Wuchang. We have no reason to suppose that his return will be refused.