Prime Minister's Reluctance to Make to Further Statements:
The Closing of Canton London, Feb. 23.
In the House of Commons to-day Sir Frederick Hall (Conservative) requested an opportunity for the House to have a full statement on the present position in China, The Prime Minister said that no]
witerial change had taken place fine Sit Austen Chamberlain's statement on February 10. He did! not think a further statement would serve -any. useful purpose at the Herbert (Conservative)
drew attention to a, report that the Commissioner of Customs had closed the port of Canton, and suggested that "that showed' that the people on the spot are doing their best to preserve the interests. of British trader Mr, Baldwin said that he had seen such a statement, He added that there would be an opportunity} for questioning, the Foreign Secret-when the latter returned.
Col. Wedgwood (Labour) asked whether the closing of the port of Carton had been done after con sultation with the Governme The Prime Minister red notice of the question.—Reuter,
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