The abrogation comes at the height of America's record peacetime naval construction and follows completion of plans for an outlying screen of air and naval bases in the Pacific. Although it has never been officiall admitted, most of America's preparedness is known to have sprung directly from increasing American-Japanese friction as a result of Japanese insults to American nationals in the Far East and violation of American rights and interests since the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1921.
Senator William Borah, Independent Republican of Idaho and influential member of the Sei Foreign Relations Committee, voiced his approval of sanctions against Japan last night. Previously he had opposea such action on the grounds that it would violate the Japanese-American of 1911.
Senator Borah said that the abrogation issue was now a "closed incident"
"When the time arrives, if it ever does, to lay an embargo on the sale of arms, I thoroughly favour prohibiting the sale of all arms, munitions other implements of war to just as I favour a like course every other nation engaged in is calculated to involve us in war."
"Washington Diplomats Surprised Diplomats were surprised here on Wednesday when President Roose-
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