"To put it bluntly," Mr. Simms said, "the Japsnese will be put on their good behaviour. Should they con-\inue to bully Americans in China and molest American interests... this temporary arrangement would promptly end.
"At the least, extra duties would be slaeed on Japanese imports entering America.... Should the aggravation become sufficiently serious, we might even boycott Japanese goods. What happens depends almost entirely upon the Japanese army....which has been running..ings of late.
State Department officials said last night that they were unable to comment on the Grew-Nomura talks in Tokyo beyond the contents of the communique issued in Tokyo describing the talks as involving the "general field" of mutual relations.
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