Sir John Simon Asked About Withdrawal Pledges London, June 4.
The position of the Japanese in the railway zones in Manchuria was the subject of questions in the House of Commons to-day.
Asked about the undertaking twice given by Japan to withdraw—her troops from the railway zones in the Three Eastern Provinces, Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary, replied that he was not aware of any change from the position defined Section three, Chapter IV, of the Lytton Report No answer was given to Mr. F. A. Macquiesten, Conservative member for Argyll, who asked if th® people in this area were very grateful to the Japanese troops who were keeping, Jdown the bandits.
Mr. Rhys John Davies, Labour member for the Westoughton division of Lancashire, then asked regarding the attitude of the signatories of the Nine-Power Treaty towards the Japanese coup de" main in' Man-In reply Sir John referred him to the League Assembly's Report of February. 24, 1033, with which the United States had' expressed agreement.
Britain, he added, was observing the terms of the report, and he be-Veved that the other signatories of the Treaty who had adopted the Report were doing the same.—Reuter.
Private interests which undertake the building of highways either by making loans to the provincial gove lornment or by bearing the cost themselves, will be given from five to 30 years" franchise for operating Jomnibus service on the highway concerned. Loans made to the Provin" cial Government will bear interest at six por cent. per annum, and will duly amortized. Where' construction costs are directly borne by the private interests, such outlay will not be re~ funded, but a long-term—franchise will be granted, During the period of the franchise, the private interests concerned will be required to remit to the Provincial Government annually a sum ranging from three to fifteen per cent. of their total earnings. On the expiration of the franchise, the immovfable assets of the highways will be taken over by the provincial government. The omnibuses will remain the property of the owners or sold to the provincial government—Kuo Min.
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