§ 1. Mr. MANDERasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is able to make a statement with regard to the permanent closing by the Japanese of the swing span of the Yalu River railway bridge, resulting in the cutting off of the treaty port of Antung to sea-going craft contrary to the undertaking of the Japanese Foreign Minister to the late Sir Claude MacDonald, by a note in 1910, to the effect that the bridge should always be kept open for traffic; and whether he is aware that the bridge is still being used daily for railway traffic, civil and military?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir John Simon)His Majesty's Ambassador at Tokyo has been instructed to make representations to the Japanese Government on the subject and to ask for arrangements to be made for opening the bridge when necessary to enable British shipping on the Yalu River to pass. I am not yet acquainted with the result of these representations. I have no information on the point raised in the second part of the question.
§ Mr. MANDERIs not this just another example of the way in which the Japanese are squeezing everybody out in that part of the world?