Prophesied Foreign Office Purge Seen London, Aug. 23.
IN the House of Commons y terday Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Seeretury of State for Fore! n Affairs, was asked if any reply had been received to a request made by Sir Robert Craigie, Bri tish Ambassador to Japan, to Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, Foreign Minister, for definite information as to the future trend of Japanese foreign policy, and if he had any statement to make with reference to the situation in Shanghai and other places in the Far East consequent on the withdrawal of British forces.
"The question was put by Mr. Geoffrey Mander, Opposition Liberal member for the East Division of Wolverhampton.
'A written reply from Mr, Butler stated: "I am unaware that any direct request in the sense indicated has recently been made'
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