§ Mr. LANSBURY(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any further statement to make on the situation in Shanghai?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Eden)Proposals for the cessation of present hostilities have been formulated at Shanghai as a result of conversations which took place on board His Majesty's Ship "Kent." I understand that these proposals are now under consideration by both sides, and I am hopeful that they may form a basis for agreement. Of the Japanese reinforcements which have been arriving in the Shanghai area recently, only reliefs have been landed in the Settlement. In regard to the remainder of such troops, the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs has stated that, although Japan has the right to land troops in the Settlement, and to anchor ships of war in their present position, she is earnestly desirous of minimising danger to the Settlement and to foreign interests, and that accordingly military and naval authorities have decided to give the matter as favourable consideration as possible. His Majesty's Minister in China is returning to Shanghai to-clay after a brief visit to Nanking, undertaken for the purpose of consultation with the Chinese authorities.