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NO DICTATION FROM TOKYO LONDON England July 17 Great Brit ¬ ain would automatically reject any dictation from Tokyo regarding its foreign policy but no formal demands for reversal of the tradi ¬ tional British attitude in the Far East have been made Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons today Answering supplementary questions Chamberlain con ¬ curred in Laborite Arthur Hendersons ver ¬ sion that the Tokyo negotiations beginning Wednesday will be confined to local Tientsin issues The British government he said will not agree to discussion of any modifica ¬ tion of the principles of the nine power treaty behind the backs of the United States and other governments