Bournemouth, Oct. 4.
The.weakness of Japan's economic position. gives reason to believe that a sincerely applied boycott of Japanese might be successful Mr. C. R. Attlee, pointed out in a speech yesterday evening here.
"The British Government must take a great share of the blame for the state of the world," he added, "because they have always tried to pretend that things were other than they really were.
"The invasion of Manchuria by Japan, the rape of Abyssinia by Italy, the armed intervention in Spain, are all clear cases of aggression. The British Government tried to gloss over the real facts.
"What is happening in China today is the direct result of the policy pursued by this Government in, respect to collective security and armament. They are at heart in sympathy with ihe imperialists of Japan and Italy and above all do not accept the necessity for laying foundations of peace on the basis of social justice."—Havas.
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