London, Mar, 30.
In a written reply to a question put in the House of Commons by Mr. Alan Chariton, National Conservative member for Bury, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that the claim in respect to the killing and wounding of two of the crew of H.M.S. Ladybird had already been paid by the Japanese Government.
The claim for material damage would be presented.
Mr. Butler also stated that instructions had been sent to the British Ambassador in Tokyo for a claim to be presented for compensation in respect to the damage done to the steamers Tuckwo, Tatung and the British hulk in the Yangtze on December 5. No payment had hitherto consent to new elections as one condition of a full settlement of the German question in this country.
The reading of this declaration w interrupted on occasion by protests of the Czech deputies. In the Senate, several Czech diplomats walked out of the hall while Senator Perogner read a similar statement, Meanwhile, the Deputy, M. Budaj, on behalf of the Slovak autonomists, read a declaration in the Chamber. "Czechs and Slovaks must live in the same state, but Slovaks must be granted autonomy. and their. language must be officially recognized."
The Polish Deputy, Dr. Wolf then announced the formation of a new party grouping former Polish catholic and protestant parties. Thereafter the Deputy Szullo informed his listeners of the creation of a Hungarian minorities. bloc, which will also include some Ruthenians and some Germans residing in Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia.—Havas. been received Berlin Dissatisfied Japan Pays £240,000
Claims had been presented to the Japanese Government for injury and loss of life suffered by British service men in China, and the Japanese Government had already paid £240,- 000, declared Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affeirs, in the House of Commons Sir Robert Craigie, the British Ambassador in Tokyo, Mr. Butler added, had also been instructed to present claims for damage to merchant shipping during the Yangtze incidents last December. The amount in this section was in the region of £250,000.
The latest information, Mr. Butler declared, showed that 34 other claims, amounting to £7,190, had been the subject of preliminary local notification to the Japanese authorities in China.
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