§ MR. REESI beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Chinese Government adopted the suggestion of His Majesty's Minister at Peking to the effect that some compensation should, as an act of grace, be paid to Dr. Horne and Mr. Eadie, who were assaulted near Amoy in June, 1906.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYThe Chinese Government have been requested to pay compensation as an act of grace, and discussion as to the amount is understood to be now proceeding between His Majesty's Consul at Amoy and the local Chinese authorities.