Mr. Gershom Stewart (C. Wirral), asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, before officially recognizing the Chinese Republican Government, Majesty's Government would take steps to secure that the conflict of authority at present existing between the Chinese officials and the municipal government of the International Settlement at Shanghai would be terminated, and that the boundaries of the Settlement would be readjusted to meet the present unsatiefactory position.
Sir E. Grey: His Majesty's Legation at Peking continues now, as in the past, to make every effort. to secure an amelioration of the sanitary and police conditions prevailing in the district of Chapei, which borders on the limite of the International Settlement, and a clear and satisfactory demarcation of the boundary of the Settlement itself. Any measure calculated to attain these objects, which may be initiated by the Consular Body at Shanghai and receive the approval
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