Rumours of Defensive Treaty with Japan for Protection of Possessions London, Apr. 14.
In the House of Commons today, replying to. Mr. William Ormsby-Gore, Unioniss Member for Stafford, Mr. Ramsay Macdonald said' that he had no information with regard to" any now defensive treaty. between Japan and Rumania giving mutual guarantees against Russian invasion of Bessarabia and the Japanese possessions in Sagha-Tien, Sir Archibald Sinclair, Liberal Member for Caithness and Sutherland, asked whether Japan had yet ratified the treaty which she signed with Britain, France and Ttaly with regard "to Bes:
Mr, "Macdonald asked of the question.—Rout-
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