added, "that on this' question His "I need hardly say," Mr. Butler
Majesty's Government holds simil§r views.
Mr. Robert Morgan, Conservative member for Stourbridge, asked whether in case of further developments in the war affecting the Far East, Mr, Chamberlain would give an assurance that the Government of the United States would be consulted as to whether adoption of a mutually agreed policy was possible.
Mr. Butler replied that it was the practice of the Government to keep the United States Government informed on all matters affecting our common interest in the Far East.
The question pf future American policy in that region, however, was one on which the United States Government must naturally be the sole arbiter, he added.—Reuter.
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