BRITAIN AND JAPAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 26, 10 November 1936, Page 5

BRITAIN AND JAPAN.

SAFEGUARDS IN CHINA. FRIENDLY SETTLEMENT SOUGHT. (United Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 1.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 9. In the House of Commons to-day the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr 11. A. Eden) was asked what satisfaction he had received from the Japanese Government in reply to the representations made on the ill-treatment of three British sailors at Keelung. The Under-Secretary (Viscount Cranborne) said that the Foreign Secretary intended to take an early opportunity of making a full statement on the incident. The Government were, however, still in discussion with the Japanese Government, and he would not be able to make any statement. Questioned whether, in view of the recent demands by Japan on China, any representations had been made by the British Government to the Japanese Government for safeguarding British rights and interests and for the maintenance of Chinese sovereignty, Viscount Cranbourne, for the Foreign Secretary, said that his Majesty’s Government had expressed to both Japanese and the Chinese Governments the hope that a settlement might he reached on a friendly basis. This naturally implied that Chinese sovereignty would be preserved unimpaired. The Government had also expressed the expectation that British interests would not be adversely affected by any settlement that might be reached. The Japanese Government had already given an assurance that it had no desire to harm those interests in any ivay.— British Official Wireless.