§ Mr. REESasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Secretary of State had any information to the effect that 1,000 men of the Chinese garrison at Lhassa have been killed in a rising of the inhabitants?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY Of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Montagu)A rumour has reached the Government of India that fighting has taken place in a district distant some days' march to the east of Lhassa, and that 500 Chinese troops have been killed; but no certain information has been received.