§ Mr. SCURRasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Chinese Government was invited officially to appoint or nominate representatives on the International Judicial Commission appointed by the ministers of the Treaty Powers at Pekin; and, if so, what were the grounds of the refusal of the Chinese Government to appoint representatives?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The refusal of the Chinese Government to participate in the International Judicial Inquiry was based on their contention that the facts had already been sufficiently investigated last June by their own delegates and by the delegates of the Diplomatic Body, and that their findings furnished sufficient basis for negotiations for a settlement.