Complete Boycott Urged by "Daily Herald"
London, June 24.
This is no time for helping Japan to acquire foreign exchange, and businessmen who do more trade with her than is absolutely necessary are doing this country a great disservice, declares the "News-Chronicle" today in a leader on the report that British firms have purchased Japanese-tinned salmon worth about £1,750,000.
"At a time when we afe hoping that other Powers will act in unison with us in the Far East," it adds, "such deals are bound to raise in the United States grave doubts about our sincerity.
"In 1937, the percentage of Americans ready to join a boycott of Japanese goods was 37 per cent. but now it has risen to 66 per cent. Nothing should be done on our part to damp this remarkable swing of opinion."
The "Daily Herald," in its leader today, states that if the outrages in Tientsin continue, action must follow.
"A complete commercial and financial boycott of Japan," it adds, "is the right retort."—Reuter.
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