Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1937, Page 4

U. 5. HELP SOUGHT 0BOYCOTT JAPAN Special Parliament Session Looms in British Campaign. BACKGROUND— British citizens, aroused at mer- cless campaign of Japan against Chinese, and faced with inability of their government to act effec- tively in Far East with armed force, have undertaken to punish Japan by organized boycott of Japanese goods. Overtures made to Americans to co-operate with movement to isolate Japan until she ceases aggression on Aswatic mainland. Br.Cutle to The S LONDON., England, September 30.— | Plans for summoning Parliament in | extraordinary session, to bring Japan to her knees with an economic boycott | and perhaps even the severance of | diplomatic relations, were announced here today A formal request for urgent action | against Japanese barbarism will be | be made by Maj. Clement Atlee, leader | of the British opposition, who will act | early next week, he said today. Opposition consulted Foreign Eden, and the Bri ssed the Far East h. it is learned. | eason to believe that the government itself told the opposition | that a reque a special session | of Parliament to deal with the Japa- | 3 ild be welcomed Eyes staring, mouths gaping, these Chinese soldiers watch a spectacular fire in the Imternational Settle % THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1937. forgetting in astonishment their traditional Oriental stoicism. Awe-Struck Chinese Watch Flames ment at Shanghai, —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto via China Clipper. +| British Industries that the govern- Japan's isolation British rnmental quarters hat the tim to move from mere condemnation to action Other Developments. Other significant developments of today, besides the fact that the British have decided ead, with or with- out the United S include of Labor the sale of w ing of 1 ish sub panese good: ment and public port of othe a simple no money { emba ? de slogan, “) n, only an im ort for the protest meeting the News Chronicle has arranged for Tuesday night with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Earl of Lytton preparing opinion for the Parliament session. Announcement that the government is givine 000 t r Hughe Knatch- bull-Hugessen, British Ambassador to China, which emphasizes the trucu- lence of Japan in rejecting responsi- bility for the machine-gunning of the Ambassador, even though Britain | asked no reparations payment The appeal by the Federation of | public ment stand firm against Japanese en- croachment on British business in China and press for full compensa- tion for all damage losses. Pleas by labor newspapers, on the other hand, that “stop loading ships for Japan.” Government Opposition United. Rarely have the British government, its opposition, -industrialists, and workers, seemed so united on any foreig affairs issue and there 1s fur r reason to believe that boycott movem of diplomatic relations may be under- taken, Japan is compelled because of short- | age of foréign currency to restrict all imports not absolutely necessary for the prosecution of the war in China e 300 commodities being ed and thus many Americ British exporters who ordinarily would oppose the severance of trade relations pan are already losing their | They are primarily the ex les. raw cotton precision instru: a good market for ber ar ments. Japan off of course, but it| is hoped hi armament is s0 busy that general world re- serious lobby Japan re don, it ntly transferred to Lon- is reported. $4.000.000.000 in those gentlemen | will not organize a gold. This seems excessive. but if true, | there should be opposition from the sellers of war materials and foodstuffs unless, as it is intimated today, the British government is determined to act energetically. (Copyright. 1937.) Text of Japanese Note Nanking Bombing Held Necessary and Unavoid- able Measure for Att ainment of Military Objectives of Tokio’s Forces. ¥ the Associated P The State D nent today made public the offi text of the note handed to American Ambassador Jo- seph C. Grew yesterday by the Jap- anese Foreign Minister Koki Hirota as follows: “I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that I have duly noted the contents of Your Excellency’s note No. 780 of September 22 regarding the bombing of Nanking by Japanese forces | “As Your Excellency’s government | is well aware, Nanking is exception- ally strongly fortified and it is the most important strategic base of mili- tary operations for the Chinese forces. | “The bombing of the military fa- cilities and equipment located in and | around the said city is a necessary and unavoidable measures for the at- tainment of the military objectives of the Japanese forces. It goes without saying that bombing operations by Japanese forces will be strictly con- | fined to such scope and will not be aimed at non-combatants, as evi- denced by the fact that warning was | given even to Chinese non-combat- ants. | “The frequently stated policy of the imperial Japanese government to re- spect, as far as possible, tHe rights | and interests of third countries and the safety of the lives and property of the nationals thereof remains unal- tered in the present bombing opera- tions. *'The recent proposal of the imperial Japanese government that tr.e officials, citizens and vessels of your excellency’s country take refuge was the result of the desire to avoid, if possible, the oc- cutrerce of injury to nationals of third countries, which might be unavoid- able, notwithstanding the greatest pre- cautions which may be taken by the Japanese forces. “It is hoped that your excellency’s government will understand that the imperial Japanese government has de- sired the safety of the nationals of third countries, in spite of the fact the Japanese forces are restricted o AP e e bl DERWOOD MILL DERWOOD, MD. 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