Viscount Cranborne added that Britons in'thbse areas whose property had been occupied by Japanese troops should prepare claims for compensation for any loss or damage. Such claims, he said, might also be prepared in respect of property damaged by bombardment or in respect of losses due to denial of access to property, All claims should be immediately lodged with the British Consul-General, Mr. Leonard F. Plugge, Conserv tive member for the Chatham div sion of Rochester, then asked if the Japanese military ' occupation of Shanghai had in any way affected the status of the International Settlement.
The land regulations under which the status of the Settlement was governed had not been altered as result of the hostilities, replied Viscount Cranborne. With the exception of certain isolated incidents, he added, there had been no interference with the forces or representatives of foreign Powers—Reuter.
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