§ 17. Mr. W. THORNEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number of Chinese persons killed and wounded by the recent machine-gun fire in Canton: and the number of foreigners of each nationality, respectively, killed and wounded during the course of that demonstration?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe numbers of Chinese casualties are not accurately known: they have been reported to be about 30 killed and 70 wounded, but may have been more. The foreign casualties, as far as known to me, were: Killed, 1 French; wounded, 4 British and 1 French.