London, July 13 'The Far East figured prominent-Iyglt the, debate von. the Foreign fice Estimates, during the second week in July, 'The remarks made covered a very wide feld, but attached are the points extracted from fence' to Chinas aaa we various, speeches having refer.
Mr. Geo. Lansbury:— attention tothe state' tale T have again and again. it "immediately Japanese took action, T asked. question "and was very aken to task for calling it inter national piracy. Since then it seem to me that the actions of the Jap nese Government have confirmed the judgment that 1 "formed at the ginning. It is no use talking: about covenants, pacts, treaties, and agreements, I" remember' the Scream thai went up inthe world when" it "was. said "that. Bethe maun-Hollweg talked about "a serap of paper." Tean see. the posters how In my mins eyes with the crap of paper being torn up_ and the appeals made on behalf' of ancredness " of agreements, "Thi House knows the number of agree ments and treaties that. have simply tom up by the Japanese, 1 think' it was in February" that 1 clined to' recommend that someone spoke Here ud sad that I felt me Fepresenting our country should go tothe League of Nations and ask that it, bes wound up." The right hon, Gentleman" said afterwards that he thought, on reflection, should think that what 1 had. said then was a mistake. Perhaps it as, but not for the reasons, Ifthe right hon. Gentleman. will, allow ime to say'so, that he gave, He said Teague of Nations represented which had great force, and hee the public opinion of the word pressed the opinion that the Jap hose Government would find a means of meeting the public opin-Jon that "was being' expressed through the League.
'The Japanore Government have done nothing of the kind. They have blasted: their ° way through" Manz churia and into. other parts "of Ching. An armistice, we are told, has' been" concluded some weeks ago, but nobody believes. that there an'be-any real peace. The Chi Premier, Me. Wang-Ching-vel has emphatically' reaffirmed the determination of "his Government. to Taintain resistance with every pos sible means and never to. negotiate except on the and. by. the tmathods taid down in the Assembly Report, and Me. "T. V. Soong, the Ghlnexe Finance Minister, has' told the" World Economic Conference that the suggestion is being made that, in: return for China aegaiesing in the occupation of Manchu Sanam would Help Ther. to put fant to foreign domination, Foreign Eoncessions, "and soon "'T do not now what the House or the League of Nations ave going to say on this matter. We get no information from The Foreign Secretary and" none from the League itself. The League sent out @ document urging the ations associated in. the League hot to recognise Manchoukuo and in Fact to leave the matter just where
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