EARLY REPRISAL

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 258, 29 July 1939, Page 11

EARLY REPRISAL

U.S. View On Attitude Of Japanese Army (Received July 28, 11.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 28. The New York “HeraldTribune,” in a leading article, says: “Short of an ultimatum to Japan severing diplomatic relations unless she gave prompt evidence of respect for the treaties she has signed, it was the only correct thing to do. “The very resentful official reaction in Tokio to Mr. Hull’s notification is extremely interesting as a confession that Japan intends to deserve six months hence all the punitive restrictions on her trade with the United States which the expiration of the treaty will make possible. “It does not seem likely that the Japanese army will wait six months to experiment with some reprisal measures, which Tokio is in such haste to think up, and, once they start, as their tactics against the British give us good reason to know, no one in the State Department will have time to waste on redrafting the commercial treaty with Japan.”