§ 8. Viscount SANDONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any official notification from the new central Chinese Government as to the abolition of the name Peking and the substitution in its place of Peiping; and whether in future correspondence is to be so addressed?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINI have no official information regarding the reported change of name.
§ Viscount SANDONHas the right hon. Gentleman any unofficial information?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINI think none, except perhaps what my noble Friend and I have read in the papers, but I think that Peking would still be a sufficient postal address.