§ Mr. NUNNasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Ambassador at Tokyo has received any information from the Japanese Government concerning the ultimatum to the Chinese Government by the Japanese authorities in Manchuria?
§ Sir J. SIMONNo, Sir. I understand, however, that the Japanese military authorities in Peking have protested against alleged violations of the Tangku armistice agreement between China and Japan, and regarding the alleged recent murder of two Chinese newspaper proprietors in the Japanese concession at Tientsin.