TRADE WITH JAPAN

Grey River Argus, 14 June 1933, Page 3

TRADE WITH JAPAN

INSINUATION RESENTED. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) CALCUTTA. June 12 The insinuation by Mr Miyake. Con sul-General for Japan, in India, that, “the underlying motive’’ for increased tariffs against imported Japanese piece-goods is that Britain should regain what she lost by the boycott, and that the whole business was engineered in the interests of Manchester, is strongly resented. After surveying the Indian piece goods industry, which was brought to complete ruination by Japanese dump ing. the Calcutta newspaper, “Tl c Englishman” says: ‘ 1 Propaganda ear ried on by the Japanese authorities tn India is ill advised, and would not be tolerated except in such an easy-going Empire as the British. It i s designed tc create ill-will between Lancashire and India, and to prove that Lancashire and nof Japan. i> the enemy of Indifi’j industrialism. ’' JAPANESE BOYCOTT. KOBE. June 12. A unanimous decision assured, to day. a Japanese cotton spinners’ boy cott of Indian cotton. Ant i I-ri! ish propaganda is increasing, a general declaration being that the duties were f<irc<‘<] by Hie British Government against Indian wishes. Publicists dis cussed the advisability of assisting Indian emancipat ion from the alien The Foreign Office declares that world peace is jeopardised. N.Z. PRECAUTIONS. WELLINGTON. June 13. Replying to a question to-day. the Acting Prime Minister said that tin Government was keeping a very clo>< watch on the Japanese trailing posi tion. Up to the present, however, m action had been taken.