The Archive · 1924

A Contract for British

The city of Tokio, which placed contract for 45,000 automatic telephones to replace those that destroyed last year with a firm in United States, is reported to have transferred the order merchants in London and Liver-col.

Moving picture houses have decided not to show any American films after July 1. They declare that: they can got just as good pictures from Great Britain and Germany.

Mass mostings a being held in various parts nearly AIL have but one slogan ing of indignation at the alleged wrong attitude of the United States:

Americans and certainly n other foreigners. of againat and, 8 and the boycotting of American On Sunday, the day following the unfortunate dan incident, T went through a considerable portion. of Tokio, on foot, by tram and in crowded buses to try, and find out whether there unbridled sentiment. find the least trace of this, though, there was writ in the faces of near ly every one the fact that the dis crimination of America is keenly resented.

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