§ 21. Mr. TREVELYANasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government has yet taken any steps for the protection of British subjects in China not residing in Shanghai?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINBritish warships are, and have been for some time, stationed at all important centres in the Yangtse basin, where British subjects are resident, from Chungking down to Shanghai. British warships are also stationed at Canton, and visit the ports on the coast when occasion arises. British missionaries residing in the interior, in Provinces where disturbances are to be apprehended, have been advised to withdraw to the Treaty Ports, and but a few of them have acted on this advice.