§ Sir WILLIAM BULLasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will consider the advisability of now giving effect to the statements made on behalf of the Foreign Office to the effect that if there was any reason to suppose that the negotiations between China and Japan could not be settled by diplomatic methods, and if there was a prospect of developments which might impair the independence and integrity of China, no doubt consultations would take place as to what was fair to Japan and as to how that could be secured without impairing the independence of China?
§ Sir E. GREYAn agreement has now happily been reached between China and Japan in regard to the negotiations referred to.