FOREIGNERS IN SHANGHAI.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21113, 22 February 1932, Page 9

FOREIGNERS IN SHANGHAI.

QUESTION OF JEOPARDY. POWERS WARN JAPANESE, UNITED STATES JOINED. ECONOMIC BOYCOTT SCHEME. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received February 21. 5.5 p.in.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. The United States has joined with Britain, France and Italy in notifying the Japanese authorities at Shanghai that Japan will be held responsible in a large measure for jeopardy to foreign life and property from the battle now proceeding. The President, Mr. Hoover, and the Secretary of State, Mr. H. L. Stimson, discussed the situation to-day arising from the intensified Japanese offensive. It is indicated that great anxiety is felt about the danger to the foreign settlement if the Japanese break the centro of the Chinese line and swing to the west in their "mopping up" operation. Some interest has been aroused in the revival of the discussion of a proposed economic boycott. A petition has been presented to Congress and the President by Mr. Newton D. Baker, a former Secretary of War, and six university presidents, asking that the United States should join in such a measure against Japan should the League of Nations decide on that course. The chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate, Mr. W. E. Borah, has reiterated his opposition to the suggestion, declaring that a boycott would be the best way to advance the cause of war between the United States and Japan. Other Government officials are reluctant to discuss the matter.