§ 6. Sir KINGSLEY WOODasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the murderers of the lady missionaries and the bandits who captured the late Father Tierney have yet been apprehended by the Chinese Government?
§ Mr. DALTONNo, Sir.
§ Sir K. WOODCan the hon. Gentleman make some further inquiries into these very regrettable occurrences?
§ Mr. DALTONThe right hon. Gentleman knows that these occurrences cause us just as much regret as they cause him, but we have not yet received any information that these people have been apprehended. I reminded the right hon. Gentleman before, in reply to a similar question, that in other parts of the world, some of them nearer to London than I care to name, criminals sometimes may elude the authorities.
§ Sir K. WOODDoes the hon. Gentleman think that that remark is a helpful contribution?