saling with the renewal [British Crown leases in treaty ports, Sir John contended that the Imperial Government's decision in that connexion ought to be reconsidered and the ease submitted to arbitration or the courts, Recalling the anxieties of the war, the speaker rejoiced that the position in the Far East was now likely to be strengthened by a naval ba: at Singapore. The Dominions in the southern hemisphere would never again be exposed to the risks the late war.
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, responding on behalf of the gue: Jocularly referred to the mas official papers regarding leases. Though the conclusion reached had not been unfavourable to the holders, but equitable and just, he was of the opinion that if the decision were reconsidered it would be reconsidered in th of equity and justice which di tinguished all Governments. considered that what China, as in Europe, ment pledged to stability (cheers).
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