The position in regard to thè International Settlement at Shanghai had not been altered since my reply of March 21, declared Mr. R. A Butler, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in the House of Commons to-day.
On the day in question, Mr. Butler said that he was in communication with the British Consul-General at Shanghai (Mr. Herbert Pillips) regarding the desirability of representing to the Japanese Government that Japanese officers and soldiers in uniform should not enter the Central District of the Settlement so as to minimize the risk of incidents Replying to another question today, Mr. Butler stated that there were no military observers in China and Spain appointed as such by the British Government. There were, however, on the Embassy staff and resident in China a military attache, an air attache and an assistant military attache.
Sir William Davison, Conservative member for South Kensington, asked if these attaches and other officers reported regularly regarding certain effects of modern warfare, and if they Berlin, Mar. 30.
Government circles are plainly dissatisfied with the tenor of the contents of the pronouncement made by the Czechoslovakian Premier, Dr. Milan Hodza, on his new minority policy. Dr. Hodza is blamed for not making clear whether he merely intends to ratify existing conditions or make an entirely new attempt to solve the minority problem.
The "Diplomatische Korrespon-Genz," the Wilhelmstrasse organ, writes that Dr. Hodza's exposition as well as its practical consequences are most unsatisfactory. "As a responsible statesman," the newspaper adds, "he should recognize the signs of the times and try to find a new way out of the difficulty."
The Czech Premier, in his broadcast, declared that Czechoslovakia was "entering a new phase of its minority policy" and that all existing laws relating to the German-speaking minority would be consolidated in a new measure to form a legal basis for the settlement of the minority policy.—-Reuter.
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