No Reply Received by Whitehall to Overtures London, July 22.
In the House of Commons today, in reply to a question, Me. Arthur Henderson, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said that he had not yet received a reply to the invitation to Russia to point a representative to visit London, A Conservative: member asked if this meant that the British Govern. ment initiated the negotiations and the initiation was ignored.
Mr. Henderson replied: "I surely rust wait a certain period to give the Soviet Government an opportunity to decide its policy."
The Foreign Secretary said that the British Government was prepared to endorse every means to Secure a peaceful settlement of the dispute between China and Russia, League Not to be Used Replying to a suggestion that it would be better to use the machinery already existing for such a purpose, Mr. Henderson pointed out that' one of the disputants was a member of the League of Nations id the other was not. Therefore that machinery could not be set operation, Sie Henry Page Croft, Conservative MP. for Bourmemouth, sought an assurance that there: would be no closer diplomatic. relations with either Russia or China till it was certain that the Kellogg Pact had not been violated.
Mr, Henderson replied that it would not be acting in the interests of peace to give such a committal tim it had been decided which country was at fault, The Foreign Secretary did not reply. to Mr, Locker-Lampson's Question, whether Sir. Henderson would do his utmost to prevent the Soviet Government from poison as.—Reuter,
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