§ Lord BALCARRES (for Sir W. Bull)asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any information concerning the reported agreement between Russia and Japan regarding Manchuria and Mongolia; and whether His Majesty's Government will define the right of those two Powers to interfere in the railway developments China wishes to make in those regions, by the agreements she has signed with American and British groups?
§ Sir E. GREYThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. The hon. Member has already been informed that it is not for His Majesty's Government to admit, deny, or define the rights and interests of other Powers in the matter, and I must remind him of the agreement already referred to in previous answers.