§ Mr. JOHNSTONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can give the text of the proposed bye-laws in Shanghai against which distinguished Chinese in Peking have forwarded a protest to the Powers; and if he is prepared to agree to the appointment of a mixed tribunal to inquire into the recent shootings in Shanghai?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINNo official report in regard to the matter mentioned in the first part of the question has yet been received. I have not yet had time to consider reports which have just reached me bearing on the second part of the question.
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§ Mr. JOHNSTONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that, as stated in the "Far Eastern Review" of Shanghai, in July, 1922, General Chang Tso Lin had received financial support from the Japanese Bank of the Chosen, the French Banque Industrielle de Chine at Mukden, and the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank at Harbin; and whether he can assure the House that the military and naval forces of the Crown will not be used to compel repayment of loans in money or military material to this insurgent general?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINNo, Sir. I have no information confirming any part of the hon. Member's question, and I have definite information that it is unfounded in the case of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.