FAR EAST TRADE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21953, 9 November 1934, Page 9

FAR EAST TRADE

POSITION IN MANCHUKUO ATTITUDE OF BRITAIN British Wirelesa RUGBY, Nov. 7 The Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, was asked in the House of Commons if he could stato whether the Japanese Government still stood by the principle of the open door, as applied to Manchukuo, and whether the Manchukuo Government's creation of an oil monopoly was an infringement of that principle. In reply, Sir John said the British Government had communicated its views on the proposals for a monopoly to the authorities in Manchukuo and the Japanese Government. He had not received a reply to this communication, and would prefer in the meantime not to pronounce conclusions on the matter.

Replying to another question, Sir John said that, in view of the strictly commercial non-political character of the unofficial mission of the Federation of British Industries to Manchukuo and Japan, the question of the British Governinent's approval of the mission had not arisen. The Government's attitude toward the question of recognitfon of the present regime in Manchukuo continued to be governed by the principles embodied in the resolution carried by the League of Nations Assembly on February 24, 1933.