London, Nov. 7.
The non-political and" unofficial character of the British industrial mission to Japan and Manchoukuo was again emphasized in Parliament to-day.
reply to a question by Lord Cecil the House of Lords, Lord Stanhope, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said that the mission was purely" of an unofficial and com; mercial nature and had no mandate to speak for His Majesty's Government on any questions.
Tu this connection he drew attention, to a letter of the chairman of the mission which appeared. in' the "Morning Post" on August 24.
Lord Stanhope added. that opportunity had been taken to explain to the" Japanese. Government the mission's non-political and. unofficial character.
The subject was also raised to-day in the House of Commons.
Replying to a question, Sir John Simon, the Foreign" Secretary, clared that, in view of the strictly commercial and non-political character of the mission, the question of the British Government's approval of the mission had not arisen.
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