Close Touch to be Kept With the United States London, Feb. 9.
Questioned in the House of Coni-mons to-day as to whether further steps had been taken to ce-operate with the United States in obtaining a peaceful settlement in China, the Under-Secretary of State for For-|. eign Affairs, Mr. Locker-Lampson, said that there had been no change in the situation since a similar question had been put to him on December 21. Britain would stil maintain close touch with the United States on all matters of joint interest in Chins—Réuter,
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