§ 64. Mr. MANDERasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether be will state the position with regard to the practice of British troops in summer camp at Shanhaikwan proceeding outside the Great Wall for training, as they have done for 33 years under the Boxer protocol, and the objection raised by the Kwantung Japanese Army?
§ Mr. EDENIt has, I am informed, been the practice of the local British forces occasionally to make use of ground outside the Wall for training purposes. The question of their doing so has recently been raised by the local Japanese military authorities, and the matter is at present under consideration.
§ Mr. MANDERWill the Government undertake on this occasion to do something to resist the continuous Japanese encroachment?