When questioned on the Japanese demand for 32 places in the Canton Customs, Mr. Butler answered that the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax. was aware of the suggestion, but there was no indication of the exact extent of acceptance. In any case, he said, His Majesty's Government had made it clear throughout that their view on the changes now being made in the Chinese Maritime Customs personnel was among the tem-Porary measures which must be subject to reconsideration at the termination of present hostilities.
Mr. Butler also stated that the new bridge across the Hai River, completed and opened to traffic on March 10, crossed the river between the Italian and Japanese Concessions at Tientsin, but, as it was upstream from the British and French Concessions, the question of taking tops did not appear to arise—Reuter, High Officials of Outer Mongolia Dismissed
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