Senator Arthur Vandenberg, probable Republican Presidential cand-date in 1940, introduced a resolution in the Senate yesterday expressing the opinion that the United States shaula renounce the 1911 Japanese-American treaty of amity and commerce. The resolution, not yet approved, also ex-Dresses the Senate's conviction that the Conference of Brussels should be convened again to determine whether Japan has violated the Nine Power Treaty.
The Senator's action was believed significant since he formerly has stood with the Democratic and Republican isolationists. Adoption of his resolution, it was pointed out, might clear the way for retaliation against Japan for her violations of American rights and interests in China.
Senator Vandenberg told the Senate yesterday that it was time to re. cognize that conditions had changed materially in Japanese-American relations since the treaty of amity was signed in 1911. He said something should be done to formulate a new treaty.
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