§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information respecting the riots in China; and whether any steps have been taken to protect the interests of His Majesty's subjects in the disturbed districts.
§ MR. RUNCIMANTelegraphic inquiries have been made of His Majesty's Minister at Peking. He states that His Majesty's consul at Amoy reports that the surrounding country is free from disturbance, and that His Majesty's consul at Swatow states that the accounts in the newspapers of local disturbances have been exaggerated, and that there has never been the slightest occasion for uneasiness. The rioters were dispersed at once by the Chinese authorities.