Oral Answers to Questions — China. – in the House of Commons am ar 14 Gorffennaf 1925.
Mr William Mackinder
, Shipley
asked the Secretary of State for War whether his Department has received during the past six months any application for the supply of arms to the Shanghai volunteer force; and, if so, whether the application was complied with?
Mr Worthington Evans
, Colchester
The answer to both parts of the question is in the affirmative.
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.