"We should leave a thing alone when we get in a position where Jwe say: 'We must do something.' It etter to say nothing at all than The speaker then criticized suggestion made by the Bishop of [Hongkong in a letter to "The Times," jin which the latter advocated the sending to the Far East of a sort of superman, apparently modelled on ithe personality of Mr. Anthony Eden, Minister without Portiolio for League jot Nations Affairs, to bring a new Jatmosphere to the Far East.
This functionary, the Bishop sug-Jgested, would be equally friendly to (both China and Japan and of a much lereater calibre than the Ambassadors jim Nanking and Tokyo.
A more ridiculous suggestion cannot be imagined," declared Sir Francis. "The only sensible policy {for Britain in the Far East is one of extreme prudence." Continuing. he said: "Russian and Japanese affairs! Ihave not been much mentioned late~ ly, indicating that the relationships between those two countries ré- imamed in a state of unstable equilinum,
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