Hankow, Jan. 20.
The alleged attempt by Japanese industrial interests to obtain a credit of $50,000,000 in the United States for the purchase of machinery is opposed in a joint petition sent to-day by several Chinese organizations to the American Ambassador, Mr. Nelson T. Johnson.
Although the credit, the petition points out, is ostensibly required for the development of the heavy industry in Manchoukuo, this is likely to be used for the war industries of Japan for "further aggression in China,"
Confidence is expressed that the American Government and people, "who are upholding the laws of humanity against international aggression," will not entertain the alleged proposal.
Among the organizations sponsoring the petition were the Bankers' Association, the Chamber of Commerce, the All-China Seamen's Union, the Federation of Chinese Women's Association, the Chinese Students' Federation, the Chinese League of Nations Union, and the People's Foreign Relations' Association.
News of the reported Japanese attempt to obtain a credit in the United States appeared a few days ago in the "New York Times," which said that the money would be used to purchase plant for the Manchurian Heavy Industrial Development Company, the concern organised on December 1 last year to take over heavy industries in Manchoukuo.—Reuter.
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