§ MR. GENT-DAVIS (Lambeth, Kennington)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether before signing the new Treaty between this Country and Japan, Her Majesty's Government will press the Japanese Government for payment of the claims of Mr. J. Hartley, and other British merchants, who, contrary to the provisions of the existing Treaties between the two Countries, were prevented by the unlawful action of Japanese officials from selling in Japan goods upon which all Duty imports had been paid?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)Successive Secretaries of State have come to the conclusion that Mr. Hartley's case was not such as would justify diplomatic interference.