Japanese Not Alone to Blame for Smuggling: Lord Marley on North China Situation London, July 20.
'The attitude of representatives of British firms in Shanghai was eritielzed by Lord Marley, Chief Opposition Whip, during a' debate in the House of Lords to-day on the smug: along situation in North China. They could not, he declared, put all the Blame on the Japanese for illegal and unfair competition causing a decline in British trade in China. Some blame must be put on. the shoulders of those representing British firms in Shanghai, The dim culty, Tord Marley suggested, might be solved through the League of Nations, If Japanese aggression continued In China, he continued, China would rely on greater friendship with Russia in order to Tesist aggression, Lord Marley "then referred to a "very clever earioon" in a recent issue, of the "North-China Daily News" showing China at work on a {elephone connecting "Tokyo. with Ju Shanghai, he said, it was a normal thing fo expect the Japanese to seize control of the Municipal Council, There was readiness among the British to accept that.
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