London, June 14.
The Conservative M.P., Mr, Adrian Charles moreing today accused, Japanese authorities of organizing special parties to "support and encourage industrial disputes" in British mills in the Shanghai area.
He charged the Japanese with "deliberately arranging" strikes in the International Settlement of Shanghai and in the Japanese-occupied suburban areas "for the pur-Pose of placing Japanese military properties," guards in possession of the British
Speaking in the House of Commons before an interested assembly, he urged that steps be taken to prevent such occurrences in the future, In reply, Mr. R. A. Butler, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for For-ign Affairs, declared that Mr, Moreings account of the situation was "not quite accurate,"
Representations, he added, had been made against strikes in British-owned factories near Shanghai, since these strikes were directed by the Japanese-sponsored Pootung administration with the participation of Japanese elements, "The facts are" he continued, that as a result of anti-British agitation, a number of strikes have recently occurred in British-owned factories situated in the neighbourhood of Shanghai but outside the International Settlement.
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