§ 15. Mr. MOREINGasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet received information from His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires in Peking on the question of the placing of Chinese Customs guards in the goods yards of the railway termini at Tientsin and Peking; and whether any attempt has been made to prevent the Chinese Customs service from adopting this safeguard?
§ Viscount CRANBORNENo, Sir. The necessary inquiries have been made, but there has not yet been time to receive a reply.