Meanwhile YMr. Kosaku Tamura, Japanese publicist regarding inter-affairs, in an article in the "Chugai Shogyo Shimpo, "leading trade and industrial. daily newspaper of Tokyo, declares that Japan cannot permit technicalities of international law to prevent her from taking retwliatory measures against the United States if the latter places embargoes on trade between the two countries after the Japan-American trade treaty expires on January 26.
He also, however, declares it is inexplicable why the Japanese Government has neglected to make full efforts to satisfy the United States regarding the numerous cases of damage to American interests in China that have arisen due to the hostilities in that country.
The writer regrets it seems only too evident that the first break in trade relations between Japan and America since they signed their first treaty of friendship in 1854 will occur as a result of the expiration of the existing trade pact.
There seems little prospect, he says, that a new treaty, or even a modus vivendi, can be negotiated in time to prevent a non-treaty situation coming into effect between the two nations, the reason being that apparently the Americans want such a situation to arise, though the Japanese desire to prevent it.
Mr. Tamura goes on to say that, in disregard of the letter and spirit of the United States Neutrality Act, that country has been enforcing a de facto embargo on the export of aeroplanes and. their parts from American manufacturers to Japan, by exercising so-called moral suasion on the latter.
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