JAPAN’S PROTEST

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 220, 11 June 1924, Page 9

JAPAN’S PROTEST

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT’S

REPLY

NO VIOLATION OF TREATY (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) COPY TIGHT. Washington, June 9. The Government’s reply to Japan’s formal protest against the exclusion law is likely to be handed to Mr. Hanihara, Japanese Ambassador, on Tuesday. It is understood that the Government will definitely and clearly state that there has been no violation of existing Treaty obligations. The reply will be dignified and friendly, but firm. —Sydney “Sun” Cable.

BOYCOTT OF AMERICAN GOODS EXTENDING THROUGHOUT JAPAN Tokio, June 9. The. political ruffians who on Saturday invaded tho Hotel Imperial and interrupted the American dance called a mass meeting at the Methodist Church, and adopted a resolution demanding that the churches under the aegis of America should not tolerate th© exclusion clause, and should not only refuse further contributions from the United States, but should expel all American missionaries from Japan. The newspaper “Yorodzu” announces that the boycott of American goods has now extended northward to Manchuria and the island of Hokkaido. _ . The cinema houses in Tokio have agreed to discontinue showing American films after July 1. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.