Ninety-five per cent, of the persons canvassed throughout the nation are opposed to American banks lending money to Japan and China during the hostilities, according to a poll conducted by the Institute of Public Opinion, The report declared that this "over~ whelming vote is another manifestation of the country's intense desire to. remain neutral both in spirit and fact. It is also probably a reflection of America's bitter experience with. World War debts."
The report said that, according to press reports, the Department of State had not been informed regarding bank financing in this country by the Japanese Government, At the outbreak of the World War, the Department of State was opposed to war loans, according to the report, which also pointed out that the policy. Was greatly modified within a year.
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