London, July 1.
In a written reply made to-day in the House of Commons, Viscount Cranborne, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, answering a query by Sir John Wardiaw-Milne, Conservative Member for the Kidderminster division of Worcester, said the British Government has been in. touch with the United States coneerning the general problem of smuggling in North China. He understood that representations on similar lines to those made by the British Government had been made to Japan by the American authorities, and that a reply similar to that received on May 5 by the British Ambassador in Tokyo, Sir Robert Clive, had been made by the Japanese Government, Replying to Mr, R. Rankin, Con servative Member for the Kirkdale division of Liverpool, Viscount Cranborne said the Government had r3- eelyed no information confirming press reports of an attack on the Commissioner of Customs in Tsing~ tao, Mr. A. Campbell, a Briton. He understood, however, that a Japanese mob unsuccessfully ut lacked the Customs House in Tsingtao on the night of June 26. He also understood that a Japanese warship at present was cruising off Tangku, but had no. knowledge of the reasons for its presence there.—Reuter,
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