Lora Plymouth, an Under-Secretary lof State for Foreign Affairs, replying fon behalf of the Government, said that Lord Elibank had asked what the results of previous deliberations had been, and had alluded to certain mat ters in respect of which he maintain-Jed, "I think perfectly rightly," that British Interests were receiving unfair treatment at the hands of the Japanese Government.
am unable to report any satis-{factory progress," Lord Plymouth de-Jclared, "but I should like to inform the House of the position with regard to, these particular matters.
firstly, the position at 'Tsingtao is still most' unsatisfactory.
"The restrictions imposed on shipping there constitute, in the eyes of the" British Government, deliberate! discrimination against British interests, and the Government consider that there is no valid reason whatever! why British ships should not be admitted to the inner harbour.
Demands to, Continue repeated representations have been made to the Japanese naval and civil authorities, a5 well as to the Japanese [Government, and the British Government trusts that, before long, we shall Jobtain more fair treatment for our ships.
'Meanwhile, I can assure the House that we shall continue to press vigorously for such treatment, "With regard to navigation on the Hvangtse, here again I regret to say that' the Japanese are continuing {their restrictions against British shipping, in common with the shipping of Jother foreign countries, and the movement of British subjects and goods "The excuses they continue to give Jare based on the claim of military "On November 7, the Governments! lof the United States, France and Great Britain made parallel _repre-Jsentations to. the Japanese Govern-iment in this connection, and drew
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