OPEN DOOR POLICY

Southland Times, Issue 22474, 9 November 1934, Page 7

OPEN DOOR POLICY

TRADE WITH MANCHUKUO.

FOREIGN SECRETARY QUESTIONED

(British Official Wireless.)

Rugby, November 7. The Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, was asked in the House of Commons if he could state whether the Japanese Government still stood by the principle of an open door as applied to Manchukuo and whether the Government creation of an oil monopoly was an infringement of that principle. Sir John. Simon said that the United Kingdom had communicated its views on the proposals for a monopoly to the authorities of Manchuria and the Japanese Government. 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 Manchukuo and Japan, the question of the British Government’s approval to the mission had not arisen. The Government’s attitude towards the question of the 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.