HC Deb 05 December 1928 vol 223 c1186
2. Mr. WEDGWOOD BENN

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make a statement regarding Anglo-Japanese co-operation in Chinese affairs?

The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir Austen Chamberlain)

I can add nothing to my statement made on the 28th November in reply to the hon. Member for Penistone (Mr. Rennie Smith).

Mr. BENN

Do the statements which appear in the newspapers mean that we are lending special measures of support, for example, to the present Japanese claims against China?

Sir A. CHAMBERLAIN

If the hon. Member will look at the answer, I think I dealt fully with the nature of our co-operation with Japan, and made it clear that there was nothing exclusive about it.

Mr. RENNIE SMITH

Has the right hon. Gentleman's attention been drawn to the very extensive economic and financial claims of the Japanese Government in China?

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