§ 7. Mr. COCKSasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make a statement regarding the position of Manchuria?
§ Sir J. SIMONThe only material recent development of which I have information has been the installation of Mr. Henry P'u as Chief Executive of the new Government of Manchuria on the 9th of March. The Nanking Government issued a proclamation on the 12th of March, refusing to recognise the new Government. As stated in reply to my 260 hon. and gallant Friend, the Member for the Isle of Wight (Captain P. Macdonald) on the 14th of March, it would be premature to decide on the attitude of His Majesty's Government towards these events.