The American community is indignant over this turn of events, declaring that the sudden new treatment of Americans can be nothing but deliberate, Some American circles connect the Japanese action with the delicate stage in Japanese-American relations that has been reached over the que: tion of a renewal of the trade treaty. These circles draw a parallel with Japan's action against the British and suggest that the Japanese have extended their restrictions to include Americans as a lever to attempt to make Washington more ready to compromise over general issues.
Virtual corSrmation from the Japanese side that Japam is exerting "pressure" on the United States Government was contained in some outspoken remarks by Lieut.-General Masaharu Homma, Commander of the Japanese Garrison in Tientsin, in the course of a recent press interview.
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