London, June 16.
"The Foreign Office has received no evidence to show that Japanese officials have ordered Chinese traders te cease selling British and American goods," declared Mr. R. A, Butler, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in the House of Commons yesterday, in reply to Mr. Neil Maclean, Labour Member for the Govan Division, Glasgow.
Reports of the cas sult of Japanese air raids on Canton, ated that between 3,500 and 4,000
Butler went on. Gen. Ugaki, Mr. Butler declared, had promi: send a "considered reply British Government's protest.
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