Mr. Lansbury's Pointed Question in House of Commons London, July 12.
The case of Mr. E. Lenox Simpson, whom the authorities at Harbin accused of pro-Communist and anti-Manchoukuo writings in his newspaper and whom they demanded should be deported, "was raised again in the House of Commons at question-time to-day.
Captain Anthony Eden, after reviewing the published facto, said that, in the circumstances, all sible appropriate action had been taken, Mr. George Lansbury, leader of the Opposition, stated' that the House had not been informed that the Japanese authorities had con-vineed the British Consul-General Jat Harbin, Mr, C. F. Garstin, that Mr. Simpson had been guilty of any jotence. Therefore, was it not the British Government's duty to dis-leaver why a British subject had Jocen dealt with as was known with-lout the disclosure of any charge to the Consul?
Captain Eden said that the charge had been revealed.
Mr.
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