§ Mr. MEYSEY-THOMPSONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, owing to diplomatic pressure, the Chinese Foreign Office has been obliged to abandon all further negotiations in the matter of the Chen Chow Aigun Railway; and whether, in view of the importance of the undertaking both to British trade and the maintenance of the principle of the open door, he will state what instructions have been given to the British representative to deal with the situation?
§ Sir E. GREY:His Majesty's Government have no information to the effect stated in the first paragraph of the question. His Majesty's representative at Peking is fully aware of their views on the situation, which are as stated in the answers given to the hon. Member for Hammersmith on 28th February and 4th March, to which I have nothing to add.