UNSETTLED CHINA
British Apprehensions
LIVES OF NATIONALS (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, December 11. / Replying in the House of Commons to a question on the situation in Fukien, the Foreign Secretary (Sir John Simon) said that the Chinese Government bad been warned of the British Government’s apprehensions lest British lives and property be endangered in the event of an armed conflict developing, and satisfactory assurances had been received. The British warship H.M.S. Verity is at present at Foochow to afford all necessary protection to British interests, while other units of the China Squadron will be available for dispatch to Amoy should conditions there show signs of deteriorating. British Consular officers at both posts are closely following the situation.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 68, 13 December 1933, Page 9
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117UNSETTLED CHINA Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 68, 13 December 1933, Page 9
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