§ Mr. VIANTasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received a protest from the Chinese Nationalist authorities against the bombardment of Nanking; and what reply has been returned by His Majesty's Government to the Chinese Government?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINOn the 31st of March Mr. Chen handed to Mr. Teichman a statement which said among other things that the Nationalist Government had strongly to protest against the bombardment of Nanking by British and American gunboats. No reply has been returned.