§ 4. Sir LEONARD LYLEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any proposal has been put for ward, officially or unofficially, by the Soviet Government for a loan in this country on the ultimate guarantee of the Chinese Eastern Railway; and whether, in view of the complications in Northern China in which any such step would involve Great Britain, the British Government will discountenance any such proposal?
§ Mr. PONSONBYNo such proposal has been put before His Majesty's Government.