The Archive · 1939

Americans Also Protest

At the same time, the same news: paper "stated, the United States Charge @'Affaires, Mr. Eugene Dooman, called on' the chief secretary of the American bureau of the Foreign Office and described how the fanti-British agitation in China haa Been turned into a movement against white people, "imperilling American residents in China."

He asked that the Japanese Government exercise full control over anti-foreign activities in China, in his reply to Sir Robert Craigie, the "Nicht Nichi" stated, Mr. Kato said; "The anti-British movement and the Tokyo talks are entirely separate affairs."

"The anti-Britich movement in Japan," Mr. Kato was reported to have added, "is a spontaneous act of the masses, and in case it interferes with the maintenance of peace and order the Japanese officials in charge will control it at any time they see "As for the popular movement in China, the Japanese Government had nothing to do with it."—Reuter.

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