Colonel Wedgwood (Labour) ask-whether the Foreign Office had envisaged the future to any extent or were simply carrying on a futile] and very expensive doctrine of "wait and gee." China had been in state of civil war for twelve years and there was no sign of a termination. He contended that, if the occupation fof Shanghai was considered necossary, there ought to be definite con clusions os to whether taxpayers here or the people protected in China should pay. pensed cigarettes to the Tommies lining the bulwark One impatient sufferer over-alariced and fell into the tender. He was knocked unconscious, but was resuscitated. He immediately. requested a "fag He iked if it was impossible to organize an adequate police or defence force among the British and other foreigners in Shanghai, and also if the Government had' any, plans for obtaining ce-operation among Western nations. America, far more inclined Supplementary Estimate Introduced Dee. 14.
In the House of Commons, this afternoon, introducing a Supple-
British point of view than. year ago, and he considered that, if Britain' and America could agree, Japan would come into line. mentary Estimate for £3,090,000, Washington Agreement Obsolete doing the excess cost involved in the employment of extra troops in Mr. H. W. Looker (Conservative) China, Commodore H. D. King, into out that Buropoans were Financial Secretary to the War na purely for commercial pur-'Office, said that the presence of the: poses and could not be expected to Shanghai Defence Force undoubted-fact in a double capacity. He sug: ly had had a steadying effect in rested that the Washington Agree-China, The force had been reduced, ment should be recognized as having but the whole of it could not b become obsolete; then the views of removed until a Chinese Govern-the other Powers should be ascerment could assure us it was willing tained by one of our biggest and and able to protect British subjects best-known men, by direct contact} in an adequate manner, with the countries concerned. 'Moderate opinion in China also tribute' to the tact and "restrain Commodore King paid a glowing should be consulted and suggestions for mutual assistance obtained. If shown by the troops, saying that these efforts failed, we should con-they had lived up to the very highest traditions of the British Army, sider bringing the matter before the League of Nations.
Notwithstanding uncomfortable liv-'Commander Kenworthy (Labour) ing conditions and restricted opsaid he thought Shanghai, "one of portunities for recreation, their dis-the wealthiest cities in the world cipline had been excellent and thais for its size and which practically conduct most exemplary.
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