Sino-Japanese Dispute in Commons London, May 3.
A suggestion that Sir John Simon should raise the question of the Far East as a matter of urgency and request an extraordinary" session of the Assembly of the League Jof Nations to deal with it was made jin the House of Commons to-day Jat _question-time by Mr. Morgan Jones (Labour), "in view of the Tact that japanese troops are cow of a large area south Great Wall The Lord President, of the Council, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, replying for the Foreign Secretary, who is indisposed, said that according to his information the Japanese or Manchoukuo troops who had advanced south of the Great Wall were now retiring and the situation did not appear to afford sufficient reason for His Majesty's Government to request an extraordinary meeting of the League Assembly to discuss it.
"Me. Morgan Jones. asked whether the answer implied that the League Assembly had no further interest in the operations in that area. Mr. Baldwin replied that he would not comment on any implication - that] right be, drawn. sal that the Brtish Minister to China, ft, Morgan ones then 3
Sir Miles Lampson, should. be in structed is services with view to securing @ Sino-Japanexe Bir. Baldwin said he did not think that such.an offer was likely to lead good. results.
Replying to Mr. Frederick Seymour Cocks (Labour), who request Japan and Ri Mr. Baldwin suid that, as far as was aware, Japan and Russia were normal diplomatic relations, He had no reason to suppose that the dispute over the Chinese Eastern Railway was incapable of adjustment in the ordinary way—Reuter.
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