The House of Commons was told that the British Government Has Rejected A proposal by Independent Laborite John McGovern that it summon a conference of the United States, France and other nations to adopt a policy of an economic and Financial Boycott Of Germany To Force A Change In Its treatment of Jews. Announcing the rejection, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Richard A. Butler cited participation in the Forthcoming Evian Refugee-Aid Conference As Evidence Of The Government’s Sympathetic Attitude on the Jewish problem.
Replying to criticism by James Maxton (Independent Labor), Mr. Butler refused to accept a parallel between expropriation of British oil interests in Mexico and the application to British nationals of the German decree for registration of Jewish property.
The German Government has given assurances that if the question arises of utilizing a British Jew’s property, each case will be examined to see whether the rights guaranteed Britons under the Anglo-German Commercial Treaty are affected, Mr. Butler said. Meanwhile, the Foreign Office announced that it is now considering the German reply to the recent British protest to Berlin.
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