No Intention of Taking It Back Pres, Coolidge on the Dangers off Unless Such Step is Forced London, Nov, 17.
Doctrine of Surrender Philadelphia, Nov. 17.
In the House of Commons to-day [Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke (Conservative: Cardiff, East) drew attention to the situation at Hankow [and asked if the Government would consider taking back the ex-British Concession in view of the fact that the Agreement with Britain hi tthe Under Secretary of State 1 The Under-Secretary for Foreign "Adair, "Mr, Godfrey Locker-Lampson, "rep! thing had occurred to modify the principles Jaid down by Sir Austen Chamberlain on May 9: the Govern: tment did not intend resuming. con rol of the Concession unless this course was forced upon them, In his speech on the China situation inthe House of. Commons on May 9 last, Sir Austen Chamberlain, inter alia," declared that His Ma-ery's Government had very care-{ally considered the question of refoceapying the ex-British Concession at Hankow: the logic and justice of such a course had at first strongly appealed to the Government. The signing of the Hankow Agreement, he said, was deliberately designed the Government as a sign of the ftlendly attitude of Great Britain towards the Chinese Nationalist Government and Nationalist aspirations, Britain would be amply Justified in reoccupyinig the Concession: the Nationalist Government} had neither observed the Agree ment, nor had it attempted to reciprocate the friendly attitude of His Majesty's Government. He emphasised, however, that the Han" Kow Agreement had not been signed for the exigencies of the moment, bat in view of 's whole future policy in China. The world in general and all Chinese were in a position to appreciate its slgnifiance and generosity and to recognise it as a tangible proof of the Sincerity of Britain's desire to revise the Treaties in the brondett and most liberal spirit when Chinese conditions permitted.—Reuter.
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