A demand for imposition of tariffs on German and Japanese imports into Palestine was voiced in Commons last night by Geoffrey Mander, Liberal, on the ground that both countries were no longer members of the League of Nations.
Colonial Secretary Ormsby-Gore replied this was impossible as long as Palestine remained a party to the Empire commercial treaties with Germany and Japan.
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