§ 71. Mr. VIANTasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the two Chinese wounded in the bayonet charge by British marines at Hankow on 3rd January subsequently died of the wounds inflicted upon them; and whether other Chinese were seriously wounded on that occasion?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Godfrey Locker-Lampson)My information is that only two Chinese were wounded at Hankow on 23rd January and that neither of them has died from his wounds. I would point out that there was no bayonet charge by the British naval detachments, who remained strictly on the defensive throughout the attack on the concession.
§ Lieut.-Colonel HOWARD-BURYMay I ask whether the British marines are now well out of danger after the unprovoked assault upon them by the Chinese?
§ Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONI do not think they are in any danger at the present time.