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policy

THE CHINATA

ECONOMICT QUARANTINE

peace

OF JAPAN

these

might

our powers alone, or

the

would Japan-

American interests, hinted

Treaty that Japan has prepared in advance even by the United Sta quarantine? of Japan rapid four of the Nine P implementation by the Department signatories, the United States and for war in Asia by building up con- British Empire together,

appear adequate to of State, through a condemnation of the British, Dutch and French Em- siderable stores of iron and oil. Japan as a "treaty violator and an- pires. During the first five months It is largely owing to these de ese Army in its tracks within announced readiness to participate of the present year, the proportion fects that a refusal to buy from few months by irresistible fully in a conference of the parties of total imports furnished by these Japan has many advocates, either as tion on the home front. If, duing a primary or supplementary means this period, Chinese resistance to the Nine-Power Treaty, suggests powers were the following:

of economic action. This means, should suddenly collapse its con- that some form of economic quar- Percentage of Japanese Imports

Iron Oil Cotton Wool Rubber furthermore, would be far the easier tinuance would prevent Tokyo from antine of Japan may become more

to adopt, since it would constitute consolidating effectively the fruits United than a hint...

States 43.2 60.6 42.5

a less direct and immediate blow to of aggression. Regardless of any United States &

the pocket-books of exporters, and military decision in the field, the British Em-

could be enforced by existing cus- loss of over 60 per cent of her for- 60.0 65.0 86.0 80.0 44.7 toms machinery at domestic ports eign market would force Japan fin

ally to reach a compromise settle- ment with China and the Western

Economic pressure can be applied by two different methods, refusal to sell and refusal to buy. Both were: employed by the infant United States during the Napoleonic Wars. Either or both might presumably be adopt- ed by signatories of the Nine Power Treaty, extending to all Japanese trade or only to certain primary categories.

Since Japan is so poor in natural resources, she depends upon for-

pire The Four

Powers

64.0.90.7 86.0 80.0 77.3 As a result of her weak financial These figures show the dependence position, her scarcity of foreign ex- powers.

By Livingston Hartley

(in the "Christian Science Monitor"}

on

ex-

There appears little doubt, accord- ingly, that these four nations; or even only the United States and the British Empire, have the power to halt Japanese aggression by con- certed economic action.

eign nations for a great proportion of Japan upon basic war material im- change, and a gold reserve that has

There is doubt, however nether of her raw materials essential for ports from these four powers, po- diminished one third since March to large scale war. If her imports of wers whose Pacific interests are less than $300,000,000, Japan can the United States and the other iron, oil, cotton, wool and rubber directly threatened by Japan's Asia- buy essential war materials only by powers will be prepared to embark

upon such a course of action from overseas were seriously cur- tic policy. If they were to com- exporting abroad.

The United States, for instance, In this case, the figures given tailed, her war machine in China bine in a joint embargo could not continue long in high ports of these products to Japan, takes 21 per cent of total Japan- above suggest another conclusion, gear. Consequently, as former Se- her imports of them would be limit- ese exports, the United States and namely, that an effective popular cretary of State Stimson has re- ed to such amounts as she could ob the British Empire together buy boycott of Japanese goods by the cently pointed out, Japan's progres- tain from non-co-operating nations, 49.7 per cent and all four powers American and British peoples would sive invasion of China is actually perhaps Germany. Italy and some take 61.4 per cent. In one of Ja- exert a telling pressure on Japan, being made possible by American powers of smaller economic import pan's most vital exports, raw silk, first, on her ability to continue long and other foreign economic assis- auce. In such circumstances, her the proportion is even higher, the her present large scale invasion, war effort could not but pe progres- United States buying 85.6 per cent and, second, on her capacity to con- sively weakened. The principal de and all four powers together 99 per solidate the Chinese provinces her

tance.

Statistics published officially in fects in this type of economic pres- cent. Tokyo cast a revealing light upon sure would appear to be two: the, the proportion of Japanese imports possibility of indirect imports of the above materials supplied by through third powers, and the fact

army, ove

THE

WORLD GOES BY By "ULYSSES"

FOOTNOTE to the news from "Defense de crache

China: The traditional note! were told, tersely

French

of Japanese courtesy is emphasised The German notice, translated, was

in the new regulations issued by the

Railway Department:--

"1. It is objectionable for one per-

son to occupy a seat for two.

equivalent to the English one,

which read. "Please do not spit."

But the Italian notice read:

"Si

"2. It is an especially bad practice. prega di non sputare troppo.”

to pretend to be asleep when the In other words: "Please do not spit

you

to make room too much." Mussolini may have

guard

fordable to assist old-

"3. It is

passengers.

changed all that.

er people. On the other hand, Does it surprise you to learn from

aged passengers should not

"force others to help them.

"Parade and "World Digest that:-

Women should refrain from In Iraq men still retain absolute changing their clothes in train.

Passengers: in-groups who sing at night are not welcome. "6. People should be quiet in

sleeping car.

They should not go into other cars,

power of divorce. No woman can divorce her husband, but he can rid himself of her by saying, “1 divorce you

More twins per 100 of the popula

tion are born in Ireland than in any other country.

especially the dining car, in a night-Queen Elizabeth was the first Sov-

dress."

ereign to use a fork

I learnt all this from the "American Mussolini consults astrologers.

Mercury

Luckily there is no rule to prevent you going into the next country and bombing it to blazes.

You can put an alligator to sleep by stroking the top of his chest. (Of course, you need a bit of practice).

A mother (without a nurse) takes 12.000-steps a day, while a so- ciety woman takes only 6,000.

ordinary professional woman takes 9,000, and a nurse 10,000.)* Chattanooga there is a Paternity -Ward at

Many of the big European trains

carry their notices in several An languages. In the old days it used to be said of one famous In express with through carriages from Ostend to Vienna Bada-

Bukarest and Rome that the injunction not to spit was

where the lying-in hospital, |

poor chaps can pace up and down and pretend to read the papers: until the nurse,

it

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