§ Mr. DAYasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statistics that will show the number of British subjects who have been killed or wounded, either by mob or military violence, in China during the previous five years?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINSo far as I can ascertain, 17 British subjects have been killed in China during the last five years by mob or military violence. To this figure should be added 15 cases of murder by pirates or robbers. I regret that, in the absence of full particulars,2094W I cannot give a return of the British subjects wounded in similar circumstances.