Britain Said Closing Route for Three Months For Japanese, Chinese to cuss Peace London, July 16. \HE Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, in a statement to] the House of Commons today, is expected to clarify Great Britain's Far Eastern Policy as result of the Chinese protest] against the closure of the Burma Road.
At the same time, it was reliably learned last night, in addition to protesting against the British agreement to close the Burma route to Chungking, the Chinese Ambassador to London, Dr. Quo'Tai-chi, appealed through the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, for a firm reaffirmation of British loyalty to the Nine Power Treaty.
Reliable sources understood that Dr. Quo told Mr. Butler that]
hina was willing to explore the prospects of peace with Japan and would welcome an honourable settlement, but said he believed the chances of a favourable agreement would be no greater than Anglo-German peace talks would be, China, Dr. Quo was reported to have said, had no more thought of negotiating with Japan than had Britain was Germany.
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