JAPANESE PROTEST
QUOTA IMPOSITION UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION TOKIO, May 16. Mr. Hi rota, Japanese Foreign Minister, has instructed the Japanese Ambassador in London to deliver a note protesting against (lie imposition by British Crown Colonies of quotas against Japanese goods, which is considered to be an infringement of Japan’s treaty rights. The note hopes that Britain will not aggravate the situation by extending the quotas to goods other than cotton and rayon. Mr. ILi rota said there was no objection to Britain protecting her own industries, but lie regarded the obvious discrimination against Japan as most unfair. The Minister added that the Japancst Government was still willing to talk over any proposal that the British Government might offer.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18399, 17 May 1934, Page 5
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117JAPANESE PROTEST Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18399, 17 May 1934, Page 5
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