After the lapse of over a month's precious time, your foreign Minister announced in the House of; Commons that a judicial inquiry, would be instituted without even taking the trouble to inform our Government of the proposed change of procedure. Naturally our people. have the right to why this change of procedure?
"What is your answer to this query? If Mr. Palairet (the British Charge in Pekin) or your Govern ment resent any hint at white washing, would they he good enough to enlighten us on the following. ave:
"Was the Commission's favourable or unfavour Shanghai Municipal Council?
"Did the British Representative on the Commission of inquiry sub-cribo his name to the report?
jas the report jected by the British Charge d'- Affaires?
"in changing the course of procedure, could one government li pose its will upon another without the latter's consent "I would make ample apologies to the' British "Government and the'
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