Commons to be Asked to Vote £5,000 for Injuries London, Sept. 30.
In view of the grievous injuries sustained by Sit Hughe Knatchull-Hugessen, the British Ambassador to China, and possible prejudice to his future health, the Government will ask Parliament to vote him a sum of £5,000.
Sir Hughe was seriously wounded when the car in which he was travélling from Nanking to Shanghai on August 26 was attacked by Japanese planes and in its Note of September 21 the Japanese Government tendered a formal expression of its deep regret.
Parliament will reassemble next week after its summer recess—Reuter.
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