A separate peace, the Prime Minister declared. was now quite out of the question. Parliament's decision was irrevocable.
General Smuts then moved, amid loud cheers, an amendment stating:
"Considering that the present war The State Department's motive appeared to be to place Japan on her "good behavior" for the time being io determine whether future Japanese policy toward American interests in the Orient warrants an embargo against trade with Japan or a new treaty.
The expiration of the treaty will give the United States one of the most potent weapons which could be wielded against Japan and will pave the way for the imposition of an embargo which might be detrimental }and-even-disastrous to Japan's Mili-tory campaign in China, Government quarters pointed out.
The Senate's Foreign Relations Committee on January 31 will hear Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, and other high Administration officials review the course of American-Japanese relations, it was learned.
At the same time, the Senate may decide whether to consider the embargo proposals of Senators Key Pittman and Lewis B. Schwellenbach, it was believed. The consensus of opinion was that both proposals may be allowed to lie before the Foreign Relations Committee {or some time pending developments in the Tokyo talks.
Mr. Horinouchi went to the State Department yesterday to make specific inquiries regarding what could be expected after the expiration of the pact, He had an 11 am. appointment with Mr, Cordell Hull the Secretary of State, but Mr. Hull is confined to his home and Mr. Horinpuchi consequently conferred {or half an hour with Mr. Adolf A. Perle Jr, Assistant Secretary of State.
The Ambassador asked specifically whether the treaty's expiration would result in any change in import duties on Japanese products or on port tonnage rates for Japanese ships. He also asked if there was any possibility of an exchange of notes between the two Governments defining the status of their trade relations.
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