Minister in Tokyo Stated to Be Too Pro-Tokyo Ottawa, Feb. 2.
A bill empowering the Canadian Government to prohibit the export of war material from Canada to any territory in which there be a state of war or armed conflict, civil or otherwise, was introduced in the House of Commons here to-day by Mr, C. D. Howe, Minister of Transport, A bill, designed to stop Japanese immigration, was also introduced. At present 150 Japanese are permitted ta enter the country every year.
Complaints that Mr. Robert Randolph Bruce, the Canadian Minister to Japan, had "publicly manifested a pro-Japanese attitude". were rhe" by the Opposition Leader, Mr. R. B. Bennett, during a debate. Canada, he declared, should have indicated her abhorrence of Japan's tactics, and should not have permitted it to be said that the thought of trade had dulled her sense of honour.
In reply, Mr. Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister, mildly rebuked Mr. Bruce for "his partisan pro-Japanese observations," and intimated that the Minister had asked leave to resign.—Reuter.
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