The Archive · 1937

Germany Unwilling to Join Boycott

Reich Has No Desire to Act As Judge in China Issue Berlin, Oct. 8, Germany is unwilling to join in an international anti-Japanese boycott movement, according to the "Ostasiatische "Rundschau which generally reflects the views of the Wilhelmstrasse, In the opinion of the newspaper a boycott is futile.

There is no'official German comment on the United States attitude on the Far Eastern conflict, Bw circles close to the Wilhelmstrasse point out that Germany, being a country outside the Pacific Ocean, wishes to abstain from, acting as judge in a conflict the{ cause and origin of which is uch. open to debate. It is known thet Germany is strongly affected, in an economic respect, by the events in China. It is emphasized that Germany will be considerably interested in a revision of conditions at a later date—Reuter.

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