Part of Oral Answers to Questions — China. – in the House of Commons at on 1 July 1935.
Mr Adrian Moreing
, Preston
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, having regard to the interests of British bondholders in Chinese railways, the Japanese Government are required to make payment for the transport of Japanese troops on Chinese railways?
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
