§ 10. Mr. DAYasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the British Consul at Nankin has received any reply from the National Government with reference to the request made for protection for British lives and property at Wuhu; and can he give particulars?
Mr. A. HENDERSONHis Majesty's Minister at Peking reported on 22nd October that the National Government had informed the Consul-General at Nanking that the military outbreak at 579 Wuhu, caused by the mutiny of a battalion of troops, had been completely suppressed. Foreigners were reported not to have been affected, though some damage is said to have been done to foreign houses by bullets.
§ Mr. DAYCan the right hon. Gentleman say whether it was necessary to land an armed guard of men from a British gunboat?