§ 26. Colonel YATEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs' what decision has been come to in regard to the legal questions involved in the taking over of the buildings belonging to the German Consulate, bank, post office, and trading firms in the British concession of Shameen, in China; and whether the leases have now been terminated?
Mr. BALFOURIt has been decided for the present to apply the same treatment to German property within the concessions as is being applied by the Chinese Government to German property outside the concessions, and the necessary instructions have been given. This will involve the termination of the leases.