asked the Prime Minister (1) particulars of the incidents reported to him of the number of British subjects who have been stripped and searched by Japanese troops at the barriers of Tientsin; what reports have been received of the food situation; and in what way the Japanese naval authorities are attempting to prevent, food supplies reaching their destinations;

(2) what reply has been received by His Majesty's Government to the protest lodged with the Imperial Government of Japan on the incidents which marked the blockade of the British Concession at Tientsin; and will he give particulars of the British troops who are at present guarding the Concession?