Protection of Shipping Issue to Come Up Next Week London, Feb. 1 The subject of protection for British shipping in Chinese waters will. be raised in the House of Commons next week. According to an announces ment to-day. the issue of which coin elded with the news of the piracy of the Butterfield & Swire s. Tunerhow, Major-General Sir Alfred William Knox. Conservative member for the Wycombe Division of Brekingham= shire, on February 6 will ask the House what measures are being taken to protect British shinning in Chiese waters, particularly in the Yangtze.
The Latest outrate on a British vessel has lent additional tmoortence to the question, and it is. expected the House will be well filled when the subject is discussed next Wednet
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