BRITAIN AND MANCHUKUO

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 293, 8 November 1934, Page 7

BRITAIN AND MANCHUKUO

QUESTIONS IN COMMONS.

FOREIGN SECRETARY’S REPLIES.

(British Official Wireless.) Received November 8, 11.25 a.m. RUGBY, Nov. 7. Sir John Simon (Foreign Secretary) was asked in the House of Commons if he could state whether the Japanese Government still stood by the principle of the “open door” as applied to Manchuria, and whether the Government creation of an oil monopoly was an infringment of that principle. Replying, Sir John said the United Kingdom Government had communicated their views on the proposals for a. monopoly to the authorities in Manchuria and the Japanese Government, but he had not yet received a reply to this communication and would prefer in the meantime not to pronounce any conclusions on the matter.

Replying to another question, Sir John Simon said that in view of the strictly commercial and non-political character of the Federation of British Industries’ unofficial mission to Mancliukuo and Japan, the question of the British Government’s approval of the mission had not arisen. The Government’s attitude towards the question of recognition of the present regime in Manchuria continued to be governed by the principles embodied in the resolution taken by the League Assembly on February 24, 1933.