London, Nov. 11.
What action had the British Go ernment taken to make it clear that any Japanese proposal to take over the administration and*control of the Chinese Customs would be strongly opposed by Great Britain, asked Sir John Wardlaw Milne, Conservative member for the Kidderminster division of Worcestershire, in the House of Commons yesterday.
In reply Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said he had received no information that the Japanese intended to destroy the. integrity of the Customs.
On the contrary, he asserted, they had undertaken to maintain it as far as-possible in existing circumstances. The: importance which the British Government attached to its maintenance had been made clear.
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