§ Mr. LANSBURYasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the Tientsin Port Police, controlled by British Consular authorities, acting under orders refused to allow the distribution of parcels containing food and clothing for the relief of persons in distress in that city; and will he state what was the object of these orders and whether instructions have been given to the Consular authorities to prevent the distribution of relief?
Mr. LOCKER - LAMPSONHis Majesty's Consul-General at Tientsin, with whom I have been in communication, reports that nothing is known locally of any such incident as that described in the first part of the question. The second part, therefore, does not arise.