Inquiries as to Purchases by Japan Competing with British Trade London, May 6.
In the House of Commons to-day Sir Walter De Freee, Conservative Moniber for Ashton-under-Lyne, alleged that most of the raw cotton from Bast Africa was now bought by Japan, and the British tax-payer was asked to provide large sume for the benefit of trade directly competing with Britain, The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. J. H. Thomas, replied that there were no direct shipments of cotton from East Africa to Japan. Some of the cotton consigned to India, which.was rather more than half the total crop, certainly went to Japan, It was impossible in a country where by international vention trade was completely fr to limit the destination of cotto, Tt was undesirable to restrict the freedom of growers to sell cotton to Loox, May 4—Sir Edward gar has been appointed Master of the King's Music in succession to the late Sir Walter Parratt.—Reuter.
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