§ 58. Dr. CHAPPLEasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government has now received any information regarding the request made by Dr. Wellington Koo, the Chinese Foreign Minister, to the diplomatic body to release about £320,000 of Customs surplus for the purpose of covering the arrears of salary and expenses of the Chinese diplomatic missions abroad; and what has been the answer returned to it?
§ Mr. McNEILLNo further information has been received since the reply which I gave to the hon. Member on the 23rd instant. His Majesty's Minister at Peking has evidently not thought it necessary to report by telegram, and a despatch on the subject could not reach London till the latter part of May. There is no reason to doubt the accuracy of the report which appeared in the Press.