§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that the Tientsin-Pukow Railway is much used for the transit of 622W British imported goods, he can state if it is still open to unimpeded traffic; and, if not, what is the nature of the impediments?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONThere has been no through traffic on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway for several months. The essential obstacle is the serious damage inflicted on the bridge over the Yellow River in the course of the, fighting last May.