Mr. R. Pilkington, National Conservative member for the Widnes division of Lancashire, asked whether the Prime Minister would consider putting into effect immediately retaliatory measures.
Mr. Chamberlain: No. I do not think it has got to that stage yet.
In reply to Mr. F. C. Watkins, Labour member for Central Hackney, the Prime Minister said he was nnable to give, without notice, the number of Britons at present in Tientsin, Captain Frank Heilgers asked if the Prime Minister were aware that the temper of the British people was rising; and that they were entirely behind him when he talked of "these intolerable indignities.
The Prime Minister made no reply.
Asked whether he had any statement to make regarding the plight of Britons in Tientsin, the Prime British Ca-operation Wanted Tokyo, June 23.
The Foreign Office spokesman at today's press conference gave a very vague reply to a barrage of questions regarding the situation at Tientsin. He is understood to have said "What we want is British cooperation. The views already expressed on this subject still represent the views of Japanese officialdom. No further definition of our stand is neces-
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