JAPAN’S TRADE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18819, 24 September 1935, Page 2

JAPAN’S TRADE

SCOPE IN EMPIRE PRTCE OF CO-OPERATION LONDON, Se.pl. 2, The .Tobin eorrespondemi. of l ho Times .-ays: '•The a l.nmsphere eon Ironi.itig- the chief economic, adviser to llie British Government, Sir Fred crick Leit.h-.Boss, who will arrive in Tokio on September li lo discuss I rude runt tors, is indicated in the Asahi, in an article.' implying that the price of Japanese co-operation, in China will be greater freedom for Japanese' goods in the British Empire. The article pictures Japan, with an increasing population and expanding trade, facing sparsely populated dominions which exclude Japanese immigrants, and British colonies which impose barriers against. Japanese goods which the natives welcome, ft: adds that Japan’s lasi; outlets are Manchuria and China, where England is attempting to restrain her advance by raising questions on “The Open lioor, ” and proposing co-opera I ion, which cannot, be settled unless the Empire modifies its restrictions. “The spokesman of the Foreign Office has disclaimed official responsibility for the- article, but had admitted that it; reflects influential opinion, raised by the question whether Britain can prevent; Japanese progress. ’ ’