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Oral Answers to Questions — Japanese Submarines and Cruisers (War Service).

– in the House of Commons am ar 30 Gorffennaf 1925.

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Photo of Mr Edwin Scrymgeour Mr Edwin Scrymgeour , Dundee

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asked the Chancellor of the exchequer whether during the War the Japanese submarines and cruisers which accompanied our troops and merchant vessels did so at the expense of the Japanese people or whether the British Government paid the expenses involved?

Mr. GUINNESS:

The Japanese bore the cost, but certain Japanese light cruisers on the Mediterranean and South African stations assisting the British Forces there were supplied with fuel, stores and some fittings at British expense.

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