A number of supplementary questions followed. Mr. Arthur Henderson, the Labour leader, asked when ther the Government intended to invoke Article Seven of the Nine Power Treaty, which provided for full consultation between all signatory Powers where a situation arose contrary to the principles of the treaty.
The Prime Minister replied that the situation obviously was a grave one, and the British Government was considering it in all its aspects.
"I am not prepared at this moment io say what action we shall decide to take," he added.
Sir John Wardlaw-Milne, Conservative member for the Kidderminster division of Worcestershire, asked whether the Prime Minister would consider the advisability of notifying the Japanese Government that, if the blockade were not raised within 24 hours, the Anglo-Japanese Agreement of 1911 would be denounced forthwith.
The Prime Minister replied that could not add anything to the statement he had already made.
Mr. Geoffrey Mander, Opposition Liberal member for Eastern Wolverhampton, suggested that a special meeting of the League Council be called to consider what steps could be taken, in order to emphasize the international aspect of the matter.—Reuter.
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