Demarches for Entry of North of Creek Area London, Nov. 25, "The International Settlement is in a very difficult situation to-day. That is certainly and unhappily true."
This statement was made in the House of Commons yesterday by Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, who was confronted with many questions on the latest situation in the International Settlement at Shanghai, Mr, Eden said he understood the Japanese authorities were discussing with the Municipal authorities various matters which came under the head of suppression of anti-Japanese. activities and Chinese Government organizations in the Settlement, was too soon, he added, to state the result of the discussions, which were continuing, Sir Robert Craigie, the British Ambassador in Tokyo, and the Brit-lish authorities in Shanghai had repeatedly reminded the Japanese Government of their promises to respect foreign rights in China, and they would continue to do so as long as occasion required.
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