§ Mr. AMMONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what are the instructions given to British naval officers on the China station in regard to the landing of armed bluejackets or marines on Chinese soil?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANBritish naval officers have general instructions that interposition by the landing of an armed force is only to be had recourse to when the lives or property of British subjects are actually in danger from violence which cannot otherwise be controlled. On the China station these instructions are supplemented by a local instruction that the landing should only take place at the request of the Consular officer at the port.