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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1938.

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BRITAIN MAY ADOPT FIRM ATTITUDE Lords' Debate Reveals Exasperation at Japanese Attitude

EDEN MAY Hongkong's Danger is Stressed As

RE-JOIN

|

CABINET Peers

May Take Dominions

Portfolio Soon

London, Dec. G.

IT IS REPORTED that there Is a strong possibility that Mr. Anthony Eden, former Foreign · Secretary, will re-Join the Cabinet a Secretary of State. for the Dominions.

His appointment depends on foreign developments after the

MR. ANTHONY EDEN.

visit of Mr. Chamberlain and Viscount Italifax to Rome.

This would not cause the displacement of any officers, since Mr. Malcolm MacDonald at present holds the portfolios of Secretary of State for the Dominion and the Colonies.--- United Press.

Peers Discuss

Position

LONDON, Dec. 6.

ELABORATING THE ENQUIRY as to what the Government was doing to protect British trade in China, in view of the fact that British trade interests were daily becoming worse, Lord Elibank, speaking in the House of Lords to-day, regretted that Viscount Halifax was unable to be present owing to his departure for a well- earned holiday.

trading with the colonies.

OI

Lord Elibank referred to the viously suggested denunciation conditions ruling at Tsingtao, the Anglo-Japanese trade agreement Tientsin, Shanghai, on the Yel- of 1011 with regard to Japanese low River, Hankow, and throughout North China which were operating against British trade and shipping due to the Japanese action in the shape of prohibitions, preferential duties, the commandeering of public utilities and Japanese trade monopolies.

was

The fact is, said Lord Elibank, that the Japanese were leaving no stone unturned in order to upset British trude and to bolster their own falling economic system.

One of the principul reasons for the capture of Canton was that it created the gravest danger to Hongkong trade.

CLOSE ILK. TO JAPAN "The second way I would choose would be to close Hongkong to all Japanese slips and cargoes between Japan and South China, and this effectively block Japanese Trado with Canton, he said.

"Another

would be the closure of all Indian and Straits Settlement ports to Japanese coastal shipping,

"Yet a further way would be with regard to Japan's desperate need for foreign exchange and credits.

""""

um credibly informed that the gold reserves are down to Japanese

£30,000,000, and their gold produc tion has reached the low level of

£12,000,000 a year.

"I venture to urge that as Japan will not listen to reason, the time has definitely come to take special Lord Elibank wanted to know whatconomic steps le enforce our view- the Government proposed to do to carry out Viscount Halifax's state point, to avoid being driven out of

this trading feld. ment of July 27.

to

"If the Japanese nation are defend their interests, we have the

to with regard cur same rights Interests" he declared.

any iten of retaliation militarily, but there are many who believe that if Jallate in the economic

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JAPAN'S OUTLOOK

that "There is very little doubt there is an entire change of outlook in Japan to-day towards China and her trading problems.

economic situation in China,"

Lord Elibank referred to the re-

patience in dealing with the subject. "We wish, above ali, to avaid pro- ducing a situation which is going to matte settlement all the more dim- cult," he concluded,

GOVERNMENT REPLY

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9.30 London Relay-The News. Lord Plymouth, replying to the de- ward Rose, bate, said that Lord Ellbank hnd 7.10 A French Programme with asked what results had come of pre-Lys Gauty, Damia, Albert Prejean Music. vious deliberations, and he had al- and Orchestras, luded to certain matters in respect C'est La Guinguette (Francois)... Landing')... Horace Heldt and Hia

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Albert Prefcan

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Orchestra cond. by Pierre Chagnon;

Fox-Trot-Allah's Holiday (Friml)..

The Six Swingers directed by action is necessary,

"To such an extent do they feel reason whatever why British ships La Fille Aux Matelota (Reale); Tu Scott Wood.

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10.25 London Relay-Ts Town they know any TetaLatory acton harbour.

Damin with Orchestra cond. by To-night'. might seriously inconvenience them,

"Repeated representations have Pierre Chagnon; The Grand Duchess Introducing unusual stories from they are prepared to face up to those inconveniences, for the future of been made to the Japanese naval and Galop (Offenbach). Orchestre every walk of Ule, lashes komt he

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authorities, as well as to the Raymonde cond. by G, Walter

news of the week, and ‘Standing on Government, und the 6.00 Time, Weather and An- the Corner' (interviews with the man foreign trade in China," he said.

"Another aspect not usually noticed Japanese

In the street); Production by C. F. sufficiently is the attitude of China British Government trusts that be-nouncements.

fore long it will obtain fairer treat- 8.03 Studio Trio (Edouard Lalo) | Mechan.

played by Prue Lewis (Violin) Ettore 11.00 Close Down. towards Britain.

ment for our ships.

"I have reason to believe there Is 4 a strong feeling being engender- ed in China against Britain owing to the fact that we bave donc nothing whatever to assist them in their extremity.

and they consider there is no valid

assure the

"Meanwhile, 1 House that we shall continue to press vigorously on this matter."

YANGTSE NAVIGATION "China is beginning to regard this Turning to the question of naviga- attitude as at least, unfriendly. Ition on the Yangise, Lord Plymouth to believe that if the continued: "Here again, I regret to venture Chinese are successful in this war, ray the Japanese are continuing re- from all I have heard, they will be strictions on British shipping in just as upselling to British trade us commun with the shipping of "other the Japanese are being at the present foreign countries, and the movement "I wish to urge that something of British subjects and goods on the must be done to help China in her river. rent trouble."

"The excuse they continue to give referred 10

military necessity.

Lord Elibank

Anglo-American

the

and

trade agreement, "On November 7 the governments and wild that many see behind the of the United States, France agreement the question of closer Britain made parallel representations

between them. He** collaboration sense,

to the Japanese Government con- a special occasion had cerning this, and drew attention to suggested arisen where that collaboration

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the fact that n steadily increasing could be made effective.

"According to the Tokyo Times 26 December 1, which mentioned the new order in East As, foreign interests and foreign trade will play pre-n very small part in the

future

we should make some impression on the Japanese."

Lord Elibank said he had

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He conchided by urging the Gov-and regular trade was being de ernment to take some action in this veloped on the Yongtse by Japanese

vessels. awful ease, the vital importance of which did not seem to be fully re- cognised in every direction, and to toke retaliatory nellon before it wok too late.

"DON'T DOUBT JAPAN"

"The Japanese reply was a denial that such trade actually existed.

"The British Ambassador bas produced further evidence to sup- port our contention, which has been brought to the attention of the Japanese Government.

Lord Barnby expressed the opinion "I can only say that, in view of the that it would be wiser to wait until repeated undertakings by the Japan- we were further along the road of ese Government that the restrictions what was going to take place before would be removed us soon as mill- we doubled Japan's repeated asser-tary operations against Hankow were tions that she had no ambitions of concluded, we expect an early im- territorial aggrandisement in Southprovement in the situation. China.

"With regard to Tientsin and North

It was natural that there should China, it is quite true that some time. be continued representations in Japan ago an emburgo was placed on the that Britain had given active help, export of hides from North China. and that had caused natural mis- Last July and August Important givings and suspicions, which were, categories were withdrawn from the however, unfounded.

scope of the embargo na a result of Surely, asked Lord Barnby, there representations by the British Gov- had been often enough statements ernment and other governments. Re- by responsible Japanese statesmen, cently a further embargo_was which coincide with the fact that posed on wool and hemp from Tien- Japan's main desire was to assure a tain. The British and United States stabilised Government in China, ond governments protested against this. to make sure it was free from Com- No settlement has been reached, but munistic influence and anti-Japanese a monopoly association, formed to activities.

control the internal sale of wool In He did not wish to give any im-China, has been dissolved. pression of lack of sympathy with China but he pointed out that there

DISCRIMINATORY TAX

was a moment when in any debate "As regards the discriminatory tax there should be strict impartiality, on tobacco, we have received no in-| giving encouragement to neither side, formation."

With regard to the suggestion that In reply to a question, Lord Ply- Japan wanted to exclude all foreign mouth promised to inquire further. Interests in China when the recon- Continuing, tho Government struction took

place, he thought spokesman recalled Lord Elbank's Britain should look at it from the reference the "very angle of practical commonseTIDC,

Position in the Int unsatisfactory Settle- ife asked if it was possible to seement, and said slight progress had

by

that China could be reconstructed been made in the direction of addi- or by China and Japan tional permits for factories to bo to the exclusion of ali opened and for Chinese workmen re- turning to work, but progress is very

for shows there will be amall, and we are continuing to press

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need for foreign assistance and obviously the assistanco most sought-

the matter as strongly as possible.

Lord Plymouth then said he would

character.

for will be Britain's," he declared. DRES on to questions of a wider

He suggested collaboration with the United States, which had only subsidiary Interests, and therefore

Pronouncements had recently been

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