SHIPPING PROBLEM
SERIOUSNESS STRESSED IN LORDS
LONDON, March 9.
In the House of Lords speakers pressed the Government to disclose its intentions in the Pacific shipping question.
■ Lord Strabolgi, (Labour) said that since the question was ventilated in 'the- Lord's, one British shipping line had been extinguished and ' the remainder threatened; The situation was serious and of great Imperial concern. He- also referred to Japanese competition between India and Japan. "I am •informed: that about' 80- per cent, of Indo-Japanese • shipping is Japanese, whereas formerly 80 per cent, was British," he said.
-. The Earl, of Munster said that no agreement had been reached so far ben tween the- Dominions concerned. Britain had formulated proposals which~ were-forwarded to the Dominions. "The Government realises the necessity for a decision as soon as possible,"' he said. "It is fully aware that Japanese com- ' petition is-felt severely throughout: the and is doing: all it: can to assist 'the1 British industry.'"
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 59, 11 March 1937, Page 9
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