Commons Discuss Question of Britons' Safety London, Ma:
The safety of British subjects in the Interior of China was raised In the House of Commons to-day, Replying to Mr. H. Day, Labour member for Central Southwark, Vis count Cranborne, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said that only three Britons, captured and held for: ransom during the last three years in China, were killed. The remainder were eventually released.
'The Foreign Secretary, he continued, was satisfied that "In the: extremely unsettled state In certain aris of China, the central Chinese. authorities" gave all the assistance In their power, They regularly informed all British' subjects going into the Interior which regions were unsafe, and also ce-operated with the British naval authorities, Viscount Cranborne informed the: House that the Consular authorities often warned British subjects not to [Proceed to unsafe areas or to with draw from such areas. He was satis fed that they did everything possibi to secure the safety of the persons concerned, and that the Chinese authorities exercised as effective contro} as they could.
Replying to Mr. 8. 8, Savory, Concorvative member for Holderness, (East Riding: Yorkshire), the Foreign Under-Secretary said that British connections in Outer Mongolia were 0 slight that the expense of maintaining British representatives there was not justified at present—Reuter.
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