Chungking, May 15. "The first thing I will do on assum-a i of 200,000. will be carried out, this those remaining will be provided with dugouts during air raids, "fire lanes, the new Mayor declared, will be constructed, while work on a huge underground tunnel beneath the city of Chungking will be completed with the least possible delay.—Reuter.
Kulangsu Discussed in Commons In the House of Commons today, Mr. P. P. Noel-Baker, Labour member dor Derby, asked for a statement regarding the Japanese occupation of the International Settlement of Kulangsu.
After a recital of events, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said that Sir Robert Craigie, the British Ambassador in Tokyo, had been instructed to protest against forcible interference with the municipal administration of Kulang-ssu, which had been established by an agreement between the Chinese Government and foreign treaty Powers, Regarding Shanghai, he continued, the Japanese Government could be under no misapprehension as to the unfortunate results on Anglo-Japanese relations should similar action be taken by the Japanese in the International Settlement there.
Asked for an assurance that the occupation of Kulangsu was merely temporary, Mr. Butler said he was waiting for an immediate report from Sir Robert Craigie.
Asked whether close contact was king maintained with the United States, Mr. Butler said he understood that Commander-in-Chief of the United States South China Patrol had arrived in Amoy.—Reuter.
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