§ 5. Mr. DAYasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made between the Powers and the Nanking Government with reference to the occurrences in Nanking in 1927?
§ 9. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made towards a settlement of the claims against the Chinese Nationalist Government over incidents arising out of the capture of Nanking in the spring of last year; whether he has information showing that a number of Chinese soldiers and desperadoes have been executed for excesses against foreigners; and whether he anticipates a peaceful and satisfactory settlement of the whole matter?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINThe Nanking incident has been the subject of discussions at Shanghai between Sir Miles Lampson and the Nationalist Minister for Foreign Affairs, but I am unable to say at present whether these will result in a settlement of the incident. On the 16th March the Nationalist authorities issued an order stating that those persons who were responsible for the incident, namely, 19 soldiers and 32 bad characters, had been executed on the spot.