SHIPS HELD UP

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20625, 5 August 1941, Page 5

SHIPS HELD UP

NONE FOR U.S.A. JAP. SUSPENSION TOKIO PRESS CHARGES AMERICAN HOSTILITY (Elec. Tel Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Aug. 5. 11 a.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 4. Reports from Tokio state that ail sailings of Japanese ships for the United States of America have been suspended indefinitely. The cancellation of sailings to America has raised serious problems. More than 100 Americans have booked to travel by the Nitta Maru and had sold their homes and furniture and reserves of food. Reports indicate that the food problem is becoming serious. The shipping suspension lias almost isolated Americans and other foreigners in Japan, because bookings to Shanghai are unobtainable. Ships are sailing to Shanghai from Nagasaki, but police travel restrictions prevent foreigners from reaching Nagasaki. The Tokio representative of the United Press of America reports that Japanese newspapers have adopted a very pessimistic view of JapaneseAmerican relations. The Asahi Shimbun said: “There is no room for readjustment, because the American attitude is increasingly hostile. Through the self-conceit of the United States, the waves of the Pacific are rising higher. We are resolved to meet the worst.” The Domei agency from Tokio says that the Japanese Government has agreed to exempt 80 British and four Australian Embassy and Consular officials from the freezing restrictions because of similar treatment accorded to Japanese diplomats.