London, July 7.
In the House of Commons today, replying to Mr. Neil Maclean, Mr. Bonar Law said that, as far as the British Government was concerned, the signatories to the Peace Treaty had embodied in the Treaty their full obligations.
Concerning Japan's intention with
he must refer Mr. Maclean to the regard to Pesneny, he said that statements of the Japanese Peace Delegation in May and August 1919. The Government could not undertake to make a statement on behalf of the French and Italian Governments but the British commitments to Japan with regard to Shantung were contained in Articles 136 and 158 of the Peace Treaty.
As far as he was aware. Mr. Bonar Law continued, the Chinese Government had instructed its delegates in Paris to sign the Treaty as it stood. He regretted that he was not in a position to say whether the Allied Council had declined to accept the Chinese offer to sign, provided that the Council of Four guaranteed to hear China's case, with regard to Shantung, as by the decision of the Peace Conference its proceedings could not be divu'ged.—Reuter.
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