London, Feb. 27.
The more trade we do with the Japanese, the more they can hammer away at the Chinese, declared Mr. William James Thorne, Labour member for the Plaistow division of West Ham, in the House of Commons today following a statement by the President of the Board of Trade, Sir Andrew Duncan, regarding the import of Japanese hosiery into Britain, The subject was first raised by Miss Ellen C. Wilkinson, Labour member for the Jarrow division of Durham, who asked Sir Andrew regarding the arrangement recently made with the Japanese Government providing for the import of 350,000 dozen pairs of stockings and a large quantity of other textiles from Japan,
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