London, Sept. 30.
It is understood, says the Parliamentary correspondent of. "The Times" to-day, that Ministers have been much impressed by the rising in this country against the adopted by Japan in pro-adventure in China.
They re that there is growing support|for the demand for an economic against Japan put forward by Sir Francis Ackland and Mr. M. Keynes in letters to "The Times."
The demand was reinforced by the National Council of Labour, which, the correspondent adds, is likely to reinforce the demand for an earlier meeting of Parliament.
An embargo on Japanese imports was urged at a special meeting last night of the National Council of Labour, representing both the industrial and "political wings of the British Socialist movement. The Council expressed "deep horror at the barbarous, systematic massacre by Japanese aircraft and submarines of defenceless Chinese civilian population,"
"These shameful acts," it declared, "are a further aggravation of Japan's already grave offences against international law by her continuous policy of armed aggression against China.
"The Council calls on the British Government to prohibit further British citizens selling war material or lending money to Japan, and to urge, through the League, all members of the League to take similar action and also to ce-operate in an embargo on imports from Japan, at the same time taking into serious consideration the wider economic measures involved to bring Japanese aggression to an end."
The Council further called upon the British Government to invite the Government of the United States to join in this action—Reuter,
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