Washington, Jan. 6. qe "United States should apply stiff pressure against Japan to force her to cease i her aggression even though such action might involve the risk of a Japanese-American war, Mr. John Al-
Treaty and prevents American citizens from helping Japan continue her violations of China's territorial integrity which we are bound by treaty to respect."
He said residents of the west coast of the United States were unanimous in their desire that the United States should denounce Japan's actions in China by imposing penalties.
Mr, John Kee, member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said that "the United States must be extremely cautious regarding uni. lateral action against any nation."
He said he favoured expressing the anti Japanese sentiment of the Amer-ex ander, Republican Representative of Minnesota, said here yeS-lican people but was opposed to a direct embargo against Japan. He Mr. Alexander and Senator Lewis Schwellenbach, Democrat said he might hold a more favourable opinion toward a proposal for an of Washington, who are among the most strongly anti-Japanese embargo against any treaty violator Congressmen in Washington, said the United States should bring which might include Japan. pressure to bear against Japan even though Japan might agree to "The American people," he said, guarantee American interests in the Far East. "undoubtedly would want us to do anything possible against Japan which The stand taken by these Congress-future, would probably be the best would not involve us in war."—men was that retaliation should be in the long run. Otherwise, I be-taken against Japan for her aggres-lieve, we will eventually face a United Press. sion against China regardless of powerful concentration of manpower Japanese treatment of American in-and resources in the Pacific. terests in China.
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