The British Government's apparent indifference, he asserted, was having. 1 deplorable effect on British prestige and if continued, the ultimate effect on British trade with China would be_ disastrous.
Mr. Timperley urged that credits should be liberally given to China, which she would repay and remember with gratitude.
Japan, he said, had been putting up a gigantic bluff, 'The British Government could have taken much stronger attitude, for Japan would never have risked' a war against Britain, and was less likely to do so now when she had been defeated in battle by the Chinese and her prospects in China were growing more gloomy.
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