§ Mr. Hepworthasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the serious effect on British trade of the constant gradual absorption by Japan of Chinese territory, he will make it clear that His Majesty's Government will, as in the case of Manchuria, refuse to recognise any further steps of the kind?
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§ Viscount CranborneMy hon. Friend is anticipating a situation that has not yet actually arisen, and I hope he will not expect me now to define what would be His Majesty's Government's attitude towards it.