"British Retaliation to Discrimination Urged In House of Commons London, Apr. 5.
A suggestion that all exports into British or Crown Colony ports from North China be prohibited, unless accompanied by a consular certificate that they had been financed through a British, American or French bank, was made in the House of Commons today.
This suggestion was made by Mr. Robert Morgan, National Conservative member for the Stourbridge Division of Worcestershire, "in view of the action of the Japanese Government in restricting exports from North China to those financed through Japanese-controlled banks."
Mr. R. A. Butler, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in a written reply, stated that the proposal referred to by Mr. Morgan was being examined in common with the general question of the protection of British interests in China. He could not say at present what decision would be reached.
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