Mr Adrian Moreing: asked the Prime Minister whether he is able to make a statement as to the present relations between the Shanghai Municipal Council and the Japanese authorities in the occupied areas in and around the International Settlement?
Mr Adrian Moreing: Is my right hon. Friend aware that the sample rooms which he has introduced in different parts of the country have been of very great assistance to manufacturers, and will he consider extending such sample rooms to small towns?
Mr Adrian Moreing: Is it not that the right hon. Gentleman knows only what he wants to know, and not what he ought to know?
Mr Adrian Moreing: I beg to present a petition signed by 210,000 British subjects relating to the position of the Jews in Europe and elsewhere, and making a Prayer to this Honourable House: Your Petitioners humbly pray His Majesty's Government, in the name of humanity and justice, to increase facilities for the immigration into Palestine to the highest extent that its absorptive capacity will allow, so that...
Mr Adrian Moreing: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether there was an increase in the note circulation of £14,854,850 compared with last year published in the Bank of England Return of 31st May?
Mr Adrian Moreing: If the right hon. Gentleman will take the notes in the Banking Department and the notes in circulation and add them together he will find that the total note issue has not been increased but it is a fact that the notes in circulation have increased, in number, I think altogether by some 140,000,000 since 1931 and therefore, I think his statement that my question of 6th June, was not founded...
Mr Adrian Moreing: asked the Prime Minister (1) whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. H. G. Mackenzie, of Aberystwyth, who was stripped of his clothing by Japanese searchers, and of Mr. Ivor House, of Alverstoke, Hampshire, who was roughly handled and struck by a Japanese officer at the exit from the British Concession at Tientsin on 15th June; whether any other British subjects have been...
Mr Adrian Moreing: asked the Prime Minister whether he will immediately inform the Japanese Government that, unless the threatened Japanese blockade of the British Concession at Tientsin is discontinued, Japanese will at once be denied all use of the ports of Hong Kong, Singapore, and Penang?
Mr Adrian Moreing: asked the Prime Minister whether he will inquire if the Japanese authorities have been deliberately arranging for strikes to be started in British mills in the part of the International Settlement of Shanghai and surroundings in Japanese occupation for the purpose of putting Japanese military guards in possession of British property, and take the appropriate steps to prevent such occurrences?
Mr Adrian Moreing: Is it not a fact that parties have been organised by the Japanese authorities to proceed to British mills supporting and encouraging alleged industrial disputes and, as a consequence, disturbances have arisen and that these are not bona fide strikes but have been fomented by the Japanese authorities?
Mr Adrian Moreing: asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, at present controlled by the Japanese, is now in complete working order and carrying a full load of passengers daily; and what steps he has taken to secure the payment of interest to British bondholders?
Mr Adrian Moreing: asked the Prime Minister what has been the result of his inquiries into the complaint that Mrs. Charles Sherwin, a British subject, has been repeatedly refused permission by the Japanese authorities to rejoin her husband in Hankow?
Mr Adrian Moreing: Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the allegation was made that Mr. Sherwin was anti-Japanese in sentiment; and is he also aware that when the Chinese evacuated Hankow, Mr. Sherwin went into buildings which the Chinese had filled with bombs and mines in order to trap the Japanese and removed those bombs, and does not that show that the Japanese allegations are groundless?
Mr Adrian Moreing: asked the Prime Minister whether he has received any re- port from His Majesty's representatives in China upon the formal demand by the Japanese authorities in Shanghai addressed to the Shanghai Municipal Council that the council shall prohibit the display of the Chinese national flag in the areas in the council's jurisdiction; and whether His Majesty's Government will support the Shanghai...
Mr Adrian Moreing: asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that Mrs. Charles Sherwin, a British subject now in Shanghai, has, during several weeks past, repeatedly applied to the Japanese consular, naval, and military authorities for permission to rejoin her husband in Hankow, and has been consistently refused; and what action he is taking in the matter?
Mr Adrian Moreing: asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that there are more than 100 British subjects at Hankow who require passage to Shanghai, in addition to those who for business reasons desire to proceed from Shanghai to Hankow; and what arrangements he has been able to make for their safe and speedy transport?
Mr Adrian Moreing: Is my right hon. Friend aware that British ships are not allowed to carry on their lawful trade on the Yangtze and that British subjects are not allowed to travel in Japanese ships, and will he consider consulting with the Admiral Commanding the China station to see what steps could be taken to open this international highway to the legitimate trade of all nations, including ourselves?
Mr Adrian Moreing: asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the official announcement that on and after 10th March all business transactions in North China, including Tientsin, must be financed in federal reserve banknotes and the resulting foreign exchange be paid into the Yokohama specie bank, otherwise no permits to export will be granted; and whether, in order to counteract this...
Mr Adrian Moreing: Would my right hon. Friend give a more definite answer to the second part of my question, which asks the Government not only to consider what steps are to be taken, but to take steps? It is not a question of consideration, but of action.
Mr Adrian Moreing: asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Japanese-sponsored government in Nanking has announced a silent war against the International Settlement and French concessions of Shanghai and against British and French ships in the Far East; and whether he will inform the Japanese Government that His Majesty's Government do not recognise the so-called...
