§ 1. Mr. NORMAN CRAIGasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, what are the British commercial undertakings in which the greater part of the capital of the German firms of Carlowitz and Company and Arnhold, Karbery, and Company are respectively engaged?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Acland)The information on which the reply was based to the lion. Member on the 31st ultimo is necessarily confidential, and I should not feel justified in making it public.
§ 2. Mr. NORMAN CRAIGasked whether the German firm of Carlowitz and Company, directly represented on the court of directors of Hong Kong and 788 Shanghai Banking Corporation, upon being sued in the court of session in order to compel them to count and reckon in regard to the profits upon their transactions with the Chinese Government between the 23rd November, 1892, and the 23rd November, 1895, denied the jurisdiction of the court over them and denied that they had any property or business within the jurisdiction of the court; whether he is aware that the suit had, in consequence, to be abandoned; and whether he still is satisfied that the greater part of the capital of Carlowitz and Company is engaged in British trade?
§ Mr. ACLANDI have no information as to the first part of the question. As the lion. Member has already been informed (on the 31st ultimo), I am satisfied that the greater part of the capital of Messrs. Carlowitz and Company is engaged in British trade. I do not, however, see any connection between the two parts of the question.