§ Major Procterasked the Prime Minister whether, as the Japanese Government has declined to recognise the Chinese internal loans, which are secured on the Customs and as there are a large number of British shareholders of such loans, he will state what action he proposes to take to protect their interests?
§ Mr. Butler:As far as I am aware there has not been up to the present any default on the service of these loans.
§ Sir J. Wardlaw-Milneasked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the formal representations containing detailed information presented by the Chinese representative at Geneva to the Secretary of the Council stating that the Japanese are preparing to use gas in China; and whether he will represent to the Japanese Government the serious injury that would be done to Japanese prestige throughout the world by such action?
§ Mr. Butler:Yes, Sir. I have seen these representations. The Council of the League adopted a resolution on 14th May expressing the reprobation of Member States of such action and His Majesty's Government consider that their support of this resolution should be sufficient to make clear their views on this question.