London, June 28.
An announcement that he had spoken in the strongest terms to Mr. M. Shigemitsu, Japanese Ambassador in London, about the stripping and searching of British subjects in Tientsin, "which the British Government hold to be entirely indefensible." was made by Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, in the House of Lords today, He also announced that negotiations were expected to start in Tokyo forthwith with a view to effecting a settlement of the Tientsin situation.
Lord Etibank, former President of Chambers nf Commerce of the British Empire, suggested that Lord Halifax could not be too forcible in the diplomatic language used in impresing upon the Japanese Government ihe resentment aroused in Great Britain and the British Empire over the insufferable indignities heaped upon British nations, the unwarranted highhanded action taken with trading interests, and the laxity of pur hewn by the Jay Government nese repressing them.
Lord Snell (Labour) wondered if in the negotiations likely to take place, any enquiry would be made into the loss of the life of a Canadian ent Jap oreign Lerd Elibank that the forthcoming conversations would relate to local uily alive to the sth of {celing the incidents in Tientsin had quite naturally, and indeed quite properly, aroused among the British people.—Reuter, Labour Urges Action London, June 28.
The Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, has been asked to receive a deputation from the National Council of Labour, which is under-lood to take a serious view of the Tientsin situation.
It is gathered that the Council is anxious to stress the desirability of completing, as quickly as possible, e Anglo-Russian pact, and of instituting effective measures to deal with the Far Eastern situation The Council yesterday discussed he international situation, with special reference to the Japanese question, at a meeting here—Reuter Port of San Fran Reopened San Francisco, June 28.
The port of Francisco was San 20 officially reopened at 1030 o'clock this morning when 6,000 waterfront workers commenced to handle neally 200,000 tons of accumulated cargo now on the docks and in the holds of idle ships here—United Press.
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