London, June 12.
Questions were asked in the House of Commons today whether the British Government had conferred. with the United States and French Governments on the lastest Japanese pronouncement that they proposed to disregard extraterritorial "rights in the International Settlement at Shanghai when they were of the opinion that the safety of their forces was endangered.
In reply Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said that Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador in Tokyo, was in close contact with his French and United States colleagues in regard to this matter, as in all matters of common interest to the three countries—Reuter.
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