§ Mr. N. MACLEANasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the position as regards the Customs Administration in Manchuria; and whether this Government will represent to the Japanese Government that the whole of the revenues shall be regarded as definitely allocated to the Chinese Government administration?
§ Mr. EDENPresent conditions in Manchuria necessarily create a difficult and anomalous situation with regard to the Customs Administration. My latest information, however, is to the effect that there has not so far been any interference by the new authorities in Manchuria with the Administration itself, though I understand that there is difficulty in remitting the surplus Customs revenue collected in Manchurian ports to Shanghai. In the circumstances, it would hardly seem desirable to make representations in the sense suggested by the hon. Member.