§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the proclamation issued by the Chinese Government against the boycott of British trade on the Yangtze, orders that no man shall boycott British trade on the Yangtze on account of the murder of Yu-Fa-Cheng by the British constable at Kiukiang; and whether, in view of this proclamation of the Chinese Government that the killing in that case was murder, a trial will be ordered before the British court of Shanghai to settle the question whether the killing was murder or not?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. T. McKinnon Wood)I have nothing to add to what I have already stated in previous answers to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. GINNELLIs it the intention of the Government to leave in China as the representative of this country a man believed by the Chinese Government and people to be a murderer?
§ Mr. McKINNON WOODI have already explained to the hon. Member that the person is not a representative of the British Government.