London, April 4. jhd responsibility, He doughe that Replying to a number of questions! there were not more that 200 from Labour Members he Britons stil in the interior, House vf Commons to-day, Sir The Foreign Secretary _arked Austen Chamberlain, the For ign notice of a question as to whether Secretary, said that no nego a warning had been extended to tions were proceeding _concern- Bri nationals at Nanking, jing the future position of British, He replied in the negative to a nationals at Nanking, from. question which city all foreign been brought out and where the: Britons who ad been asked to (Labour) to whether the attitude of the Nationalists towards eave included those at Tientsin, foreigners was becoming increasing-regards General Chiang Kally truculent, shek's offer to assume responsibility According {0 the Consul-General's for the Nanking outrages and to report, the Foreign Secretary con-compensate for them, the Foreign tinued, the general Chinese belief Secretary said that he was not killed in that any theca civilians, s8d prepared Uist. the damage. to Chinese. pro-iment and! Fegurding 4 make a statement ike" atte' toneeletion ware tee la take after consultation with the perty was other authorities, Intermittent bombardment Insted 70 minutes, About 76 shells ere fired jr Austen Chamberlain said that the British had not undertaken to from LIFS, Emerald and about the doond the French Concession at ber from two American Shanghai, bat, replying to inquiries from the French commander as to According to the latest informa.' whether, if pressed, he could call tion, Sir Austen Chamberlain went for.
British assistance, Major= fon, three Britons, one Ame tone Frenchman and one Italian were killed.
One American and two of three Japanese were wound-
Nothing could be further from the truth, the Foreign Secretary sidy than Mr. Chen's assertion that 100 Chinese had been killed for every. foreigner. was consulting the United japan, France and Italy as Nanking, Sir Austen declared, General Duncan had said that he would ce-operate if the French line were endangered, do not feel it my duty, as does, apparently, the hon. Member, believe every British ative," retened Sir Austen Chamberlain amid loud Ministerial to Mr, George Lansbuxy (Labor), who' urged. the oxeation of an independent commission in view of the discrepancy between the statements of Sir Acsten and Mr, hen regarding Nanking, The Widden Mond Replying to a Conservative, Sir Austen said that he had no evidence fix the responsibility for the! recent events at Nanking and olsen where on particular Soviet agents, but anti-foreign—and particularly anti-British—feeling had undoubted-been encouraged and stimulated from Moscow.
Mr, Lansbury rose on a point of order' amid Ministerial protests, A. rene occurred on the discussion of private notice of a question regard= ing what Sir Austen Chamberlain termed the "libellous statements bee ing elrenlated in Britain that Incendiary shells destroyed half.
Chinese."
Nanking" and ied "over 2,000
The Foreign Secretary said that the situation at Hankow was easier, but a further crisis was approach: ing and steps were being taken to reduce the number of British nationals there to a The United States was evacuating. her nationals as soon as possible, Warned Since November ide Shanghai, the Foreign Seer anid he understood that a, Communist Government had been provisional catablished outside the The Other Brigands Merriment was eased earlier by Thurtle (Labour), who, in Streceing Mr, Chen's declaration in ealing with the attack on foreign ers and the looting at Nanking, raid that he (Mr, Chen) had stated that "it was not Cantonese soldiers but other brigands and troops who borrowed Cantonese uniforms."
The word "other" raised a storm of laughter, Austen Chamber Indeed, he had reason] ed that if Mr, Chen had said it was to bali that there were two Chie 1 Cantonese troops who attacked nese Governraents more or less established, and looted Nanking, he said what s contrary to fasts,
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