London, Feb. 2.
The British Ambassador at Tokyo, Sir Robert Craigie, was under instruction to impress upon the Japanese Government the, importance which the British Government attach to the maintenance and protection of their interests in the revenue of the Chinese Maritime Customs. 3 This statement was made in the House of Commons to-day by the~ Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden. when he was invited by Sir John Mellor, Conservative member for the Tamworth division of Warwickshife, to make a statement on the security of Chinese Government sterling loans.
Mr. Eden recalled that the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Koki Hirota, had assured him that the views of the foreign Powers would be duly considered, and that the whole question of the Chinese Maritime Customs was still under discussion.—Reuter.
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