tions, the Japanese Goverment hat consistently disclaimed any responsi~ bility for smuggling in North Ching said Viscount Cranborne, Under-Seeretary for Foreign Affairs, in the House of Commons to-day in reply tora question by Mr, Adrian C. More ing, Conservative Member for Pres ton.
The Japanese Government eontendd= fed that Japan could not prevent th practice which, it said, was due to the unreasonably high Chinese tariffs administration," Lord Cranborne declared, He added that the British Government had made it plain that it was Unable to share the Japanese Government' view, although It might be that some items of the Chinese tariff were unduly high, The matter would naturally be kept under close review.
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