London, July 27.
The Brussels Conference of last November showed clearly enough that no proposal, involving any intervention in the Far Eastern conflict on the part of members of the League of Nations would have any chance of acceptance, declared Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, in the course of his statement in the House of Commons yesterday during the debate on foreign affairs, Mr. Chamberlain said that the war in China was still being carried on with "all the horrors seemingly inseparable from war."
The British Government, the Prime Minister went on to say, could not undertake alone such a step as intervention in the hostilities. 3 "We have considered' long and anxiously whether we would be justified in introducing special legislation necessary if the Government were to grant on guarantee a loan to China," Mr. Chamberlain went on to say.
"We came finally to a definite conclusion that we should not be justified in the case of a loan which would have to be based on security of hypothetical value, and with regard to which it would be by no means certain if, were it granted, it would achieve the object it was intended to achieve.
Mediation Welcomed "We should be very glad to offer our services to bring about a cessation of hostilities in the Far East, if and when we see the opportunity presenting a favourable chance of success."
Explaining why it had been decided that no loan to China would be possible, Mr. Chamberlain said:—"While we have been unable to grant or guarantee a loan, that does not exclude other forms' of assistance, financial or other "There are various proposals which are not open to the objections raised to the granting of a loan, and which now are under examination by the Government departments concerned."
Later, referring to Japan's claims that she was protecting her interests, the Prime Minister said:—
"We have our intere: in Chin: and we' cannot stand by and ce them sacrificed in the process.
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