EXCLUSION OF JAPANESE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 17 June 1924, Page 7

EXCLUSION OF JAPANESE.

Boycott Tactics Attempted. LITTLE HOPE OF SUCCESS. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. TOKIO, June 14. The American Embassy has formally protested against the boycott of American films as a reprisal for the Exclusion Act, informing the Japanese Government concerning other discriminations. Tbe Embassy’s action followed a complaint by a representative of American film companies, at Kobe, who reported that the boycott movement was spreading in Western Japan, and asked assistance in combating it. The local boycott, however, appears to be breaking dowp. The police announced that full" protection will be given to theatres showing American films, and warned the so-called “patriotic boycotters” not to use intimidation as a weapon. Tokio’s leading theatres intend to exhibit American films. The popular resentment against the exclusion persists, and public meetings continue to adopt anti-exclusion resolutions.~ Student organisations continue to be active, but dignity and restraint have supplanted earlier passion. Japanese numbering 1216, including many newly-married couples, are seeking admission to the United States through Honolulu port. The Director of Immigration, Mr A. B. Burnett, announces that three large Japanese steamships are speeding eastward with the majority of Japanese in question on board.