§ 37. Major KINDERSLEYasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received a resolution, passed by a, recent meeting of the ratepayers of the Tientsin British Concession, warning His Majesty's Government that, by proceeding further with the scheme of rendition at the present time, they will inflict incalculable loss upon their own nationals and give genuine satisfaction to nobody; what answer, if any, has been sent to the resolution; and whether negotiations for rendition are being continued and, if so, with whom?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONI have not received a copy of any such resolution. Negotiations have not yet been resumed, but the British ratepayers at Tientsin, with the approval of His Majesty's Government, have proposed amendments to the existing Regulations abolishing all discrimination against Chinese in respect of the franchise and the composition of the council. A recent report in the Press states that these amendments have been duly carried and were very favourably received by the Chinese.