§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the circumstances under which Municipal Police-constable Morrow was murdered in the streets of Shanghai on 11th March whilst trying to prevent a burglary and arrest the burglars; and whether he will aproach the Chinese Government with a view to obtaining compensation for the dependent relatives of the constable.
§ MR. RUNCIMANThe reply to the first Question is in the affirmative. His Majesty's Government see no grounds in this case for claiming compensation from the Chinese Government. The murder took place in a district where the police are those of the European Municipality, and not of the Chinese Government.
§ MR. LONSDALEIs it not the fact that the murder took place on the border line between British and Chinese territory?
§ MR. RUNCIMANOur information is that it was in the territory protected by the British police.
§ MR. LONSDALEWill the hon. Gentleman inquire if it did not actually take place on Chinese territory?
§ MR. RUNCIMANInquiry has already been made and I have given the House the result.
§ MR. LONSDALEasked as to compenation for the relatives of the murdered man.
§ *MR. SPEAKERNotice should be given of that.