The U. S. Government has finall enforced an embargo on the export of ceríain essential materials low required in the prosecution Of the American defence programme. The complete list of articles is not yet available, but news reports from Tokyo indicate that it is more extensive than originally reported. The complete list, as reported, together with other developments related to this issue "is regarded as in comparatively more serious than the abrogation of the 1911 treaty of commerce," according to newspaper comment in Tokyo. Although a purely domestic issue and applicable to all nations, the measure will have a serious effect on U. S.-Japanese commercial relations. It was significant that the initial move in Washington was made on the day following the initiation of Japan's new bombing campaign against Chi May 27! Will Japan retaliate and how? Read the report in this week's issue (June 8) of The China Weekly Review.
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