4. Sir N. Stewart Sandemanasked the Prime Minister what steps have been taken to counteract the Japanese propaganda circulated in North China that Chinese coolies are being secretly recruited in Northern China and taken to France to dig trenches on the Western Front?
§ Mr. ButlerMy Noble Friend's attention has been drawn to the propaganda in question. He is glad to take this opportunity of stating that there is no truth in these reports.
§ Mr. ButlerWell, Sir, we have already done something about it. The attention of the Japanese authorities in North China has been called to the falsity of these reports.