§ 7. Mr. WARDLAW-MILNEasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the present position of the extra-territoriality negotiations being carried on with the Chinese Government?
§ Captain EDENAs stated in the answer returned in this House on 17th June last, the negotiations have reached a, stage which enables them to be reported to their respective Governments. Owing to the political conditions in China, there has been no change in the position since that date.
§ Mr. WARDLAW-MILNEAre we to understand that negotiations have, in fact, been interrupted and no date has been fixed for their resumption? If not, is not that desirable in view of the Thorburn case and other cases of a similar kind, which appear to make it undesirable to go on with these negotiations?
§ Captain EDENThe position is that neither Government has yet completed its examination of the position reached in the negotiations.