Committee held a special meeting here and was reported to have discussed the report of Admiral Sir Percy Noble, head of British naval forces in the Far East, regarding the Anglo-French naval and military conference at Singapore which ended this week.
Rumours that that the British Government is planning to send naval reinforcements to the Orient were denied in official quarters last night.
The British Foreign Secretary, Viscount Halifax, received the Chinese Ambassador, Dr. Quo. Tai-chi, at the Foreign Office yesterday. The Chinese Ambassador was understood to have reminded Viscount Halifax that the Tientsin crisis affects other signatories of the Nine Power Treaty, including China—United Press.
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