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Show CHINA WILL NOT BE DISTRIBUTED. Sir Edward Grey foreign secretary of Great Britain, in a statement in the house of commons today, declared Great Britain would stand for the preservation of the common Interests of all the powers in China by insuring insur-ing the independence and integrity of the Chinese and the principle of equal opportunities for the commerce and Industry of all nations with China. That Is a clear cut announcement and should do much to clarify the atmosphere at-mosphere of uncertainty which has hung over China since the Japanese ' negotiations with Peking started the diplomatic rumor machine to work overtime. From now on there should be no deep concern oer the future integrity of China, as Japan cannot proceed contrary to the policy of Great Britain Brit-ain in favor of the open door without with-out incurring great risk of being involved in-volved in a desperate struggle after the close of the European debacle. |