An identical statement to that made in the House of Commons today by the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain on the Tientsin discussions, was made by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Halifax, in the House of Lords today.
Lord Halifax added that in the progress of the conversations leading up to the Anglo-Japanese agreement, it was understood between Mr. Hachiro Arita (the Japanese Foreign Minister) and Sir Robert Craigie (the British Ambassador)
1—It was not part of the Japanese intention to preclude the British Government making representations on any cases that might arise; 2—The British Government expressed the view that nothing in the formula affected the position of the obligations of other Powers; 3.—Sir Robert Craigie had represented to the Japanese Government the great importance of discouraging press recriminations and exaggerated claims, which could only prejudice the result of the negotiations on local issues now about to open; and 4—Sir Robert Craigie had made strong representations regarding the anti-British agitation,
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