The Hague, July 28.
'A Memo protesting against the expropriation of foreign oil companies' holdings in Mexico, has been handed. to the Mexican Foreign Ministry by the Netherlands Charge d'Affaires in the Central American State. Jonkheer H. M. J. Fein, it was revealed here today.
This Memo declares the Government's expropriation measure was, unconstitutional.
It also protests against the judgment of the Mexican Labour Council, delivered on March 18, which an: nulled the Labour Contract instituted by decree of December 18, 1937.—Havas. whether the Prime Minister was considering making representations to the Iranian Government. regard the export of raw opium to China, 'Mr. Butler replied that a convention, "designed to limit the cullivation' and restrict the export of raw im, was in the course of pre-aration.
This, he said, would be open to accession by the Iranian Government, and any approach to the Iranian Government outside the framework lof any existing or projected conven: tion would involve taking into account a number of matters affecting third parties.
Sir John Haslam, Conservative member for. Bolton, asked whether eny further information had been received in connection with the importation of Iranian. opium into Macao, allegedly designed by the Japanese for distribution among the Chinese.
Mr. Butler said that the only information he had received was in the form of press reports, and a speech made by the United. State: delegate before the Opium Advisory Anglo-Japanese Parleys Due London, July 27, Winding up the debate on Foreign Affairs in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary' of State for Foreign Affairs, referred to questions raised in the House regarding an alleged wool monopoly in North China, the Peiping-Mukden Railway, British shipping and other matters.
All these subjects, Mr. Butler declared, would be discussed in the course of a specially: arranged. conversation between Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador in pkyo, and General Kazushige Ugaki Japanese Foreign Minister.
'We shall judge the sincerity of the Japanese assurances in these matters by the success which, we trust, will attend this important' conversation," Mr. Butler added, The British Government, Mr. Butler declared, anticipated that the Japanese Government could fairly be expected to give immediate satistaction to British and third party interests concerned in such question:
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