55. Lieut.-Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALLasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether China is still an effective member of the League of Nations; by whom that country is represented at the Geneva Conference; whether such delegate is acting on instructions received from the Cantonese Government or the Government centred at Peking; and if he can indicate, for the information of the House, what measures have been taken by the League with the object of remedying the existing conditions in China, with their reactions in other parts of the world?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONChina is still a member of the League of Nations, and is represented on the Council by Mr. Chu. Mr. Chu was appointed by the Peking Government. As regards the last part of the question, I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the replies given on the 16th of February last by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary to the questions asked by the hon. Members for Penistone (Mr. Rennie Smith) and Peckham (Mr. Dalton). The hon. Members were then referred to the letter addressed by His Majesty's Government to the League of Nations on the 8th of February, stating that they deeply regretted that there did not appear to be any way in which the assistance of the League in the settlement of the difficulties in China could he sought at present. The letter added that if any opportunity should arise of invoking the good offices of the League His Majesty's Government would gladly avail themselves of it.