§ 6. Mr. ARTHUR MICHAEL SAMUELasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will request His Majesty's Minister in China to ascertain the reasons why certain British employés of the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company were dismissed when that company was taken over by the Chinese National Government; and will he also ask the Minister to intimate to the Chinese National Government that one of the British employés so dismissed has not yet received the amount of salary due to him in lieu of notice, although judgment was given in his favour, with costs against the National Government, by a Chinese judge of the Shanghai Provincial Court?
§ Mr. DALTONHis Majesty's Minister in China has taken a close interest in the affairs of this company since its reorganisation in 1928, and has made representations from time to time on behalf of certain of its British ex-employés. If the hon. Member will give me the name of the dismissed British employé, to whose case he refers in the second part of his question, I will request Sir Miles Lampson to inquire into the matter, if he has not already done so, and to take any action he properly can.
§ Mr. SAMUELDid I not give the names to the Foreign Office? Did I not send some letters direct to the Foreign Office?
§ Mr. DALTONThe hon. Member sent certain particulars which I was looking at this morning, but they did not contain as full information as we should need if we are to make further representations.
§ Mr. SAMUELI will try to get all the necessary particulars.