London, June 1. am very glad to inform the House that & Sino-Japanese armistice was signed yesterda announced Sir John Simon in the House of Commons this afternoon, amid general cheers. He added that at present he was without details of the terms.
Mr. Will Theme (Labour) asked whether Sir John would be able, after Whitsuntide, to intimate the extent of the Japan-exe payment "because they have pinched a lot of territory from China." The Foreign Secretary replied: "We must first see what the information about the armistice is."
Mr, G. lo M. Mander (Liberal) then asked the following conundrum: "If there was ver a Sino-Japanese war, how can there be an armistice?" Sir John Simon declined to reply.
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