§ 2. Viscount SANDONasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of such contemplated action by other Powers, the Government intend raising the status of the British representative in China to that of ambassador?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONSo far as His Majesty's Government are aware, no other Power has any immediate intention of raising the status of its representative in China to that of ambassador. His Majesty's Government do not propose to make any definite change until there has been full and frank interchange of views with other interested Powers.