§ 4. Lieut.-Colonel Sir MERVYN MANNINGHAM-BULLER(for Sir NAIRNE STEWART SANDEMAN) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet been able to obtain any reports from his representatives in China regarding the appointment by the Chinese Government in the spring of this year of a German professor as railway adviser?
§ Major GEORGE DAVIES (Lord of the Treasury)I have been asked to reply. The Press report of such an appointment was brought to the attention of His Majesty's Minister, but no confirmation has been received either from him or from any other quarter.