§ 5. Lieut.-Colonel HOWARD-BURYasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps have yet been taken in China towards starting a railway gendarmerie; and whether any agreement has yet been reached with the other Powers concerned towards taking concerted action for the protection of foreigners in China during the existing state of chaos?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe Governments concerned have agreed in principle to the proposal for the establishment of a railway police force under foreign officers, and the scheme is now being elaborated in Peking, in order that its adoption may be pressed on the Chinese Government.