London, Dec. 7.
ITTERLY commenting on the manner in which the "Japanese are leaving no stone unturned in order to upset British trade án Chifia, and bolster their own failing economic system," Lord Elibank yesterday instituted an enquiry in the House of Lords into what the British Government was doing to protect British trade in China. The enquiry was linked to the fact that British trade interests in China are daily falling into a worse state.
Lord Elibank regretted that Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, was unable to be present, owing to his departure on a well-earned holiday. He referred to conditions tuling at Tsingtao, TTientsin, Shanghai, the Yangtze River, Hankow, and all over North China, operating against British trade and shipping, due to Japanese action, in the shape of prohibitions, preferential duties, the commandeering of public utilities, and Japanese trade monopolies.
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