Evening star., 1935-10-28
JAPAN AND REICH
MAY FOLLOW u. S.
Both Geneva Delegations In
quire for Text of Sane
tions Reply.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PRESS.
GENEVA, October 28.-Japan and
Germany today gave League of Ma
tions officials reason to believe they
will pattern their policies after that
of the United States with respect to
League sanctions against Italy.
Both the japanese and the German
delegations eagerly inquired after the
text of the note from Washington,
responding to the Leagues notification
of its judgment against Italy.
League officials believe the Amer
ican reply distinctly encouraging to
its efforts to hasten the end of the
war They also believe Japan and
Germany will do nothing to wreck
the League sanctions machinery
against Mussolini, which the Amer
lean note described by implication
as a machinery of peace.
Japan Refuses Arms Licenses.
An authoritative japanese spokes-
man told the Associated Press Japan
has refrained from granting any
licenses for the shipment of arma-
ments or war materials either to
Ethiopia or Italy.
This policy, he added. will doubtless
be continued without the formality of
Japan proclaiming an arms embargo.
The League member states lined up
swiftly in favor of sanctions against
Italy to force a halt to its warfare
on Ethiopia.
Great Britain and France set the
pace as the League sent a message
to its members throughout the world
to give notice by today of the date
when they believed they could apply
an economic boycott against Italy.
The call was issued in preparation
for a meeting October 81 of the gen.
eral sanctions staff of SO nations to
fix the date when the boycott will
be imposed on the warning Fascist
regime.
Although the nations were swinging
into line more rapidly on the arms
embargo sanctions than on the eco
nomic measures, Britain and France
took the lead in accepting buy
nothing from Italy" program and a
ban on exports to Italy of certain key
! products-especially those needed in
war.
Russian. Spanish Aid Expected.
The participation of Russia and
Spain in economic. sanctions was ex-
pected to be announced during the
day.
League sources forecast that Switz-
erland'S reply would not be wholly
satisfactory
The League, however, realized fully
that Nations delicate position. with
an Italian population of 100000 and
its necessity of maintaining neutrality
already guaranteed by the great
powers.
A note from the United States Gov
ernment, replying to notification by
the League of its judgment against
Italy and enforcement of its punitive
measures. received favorable COM
ment in League quarters.
Some delegates gave importance to
the last sentence of the note, which
said the United States views with
sympathetic interest the individual
or concerted efforts of other nation,
| to preserve peace. or to locaize and
shorten the duration Of the war"
The word individual" some dele.
gates took to apply possibly to any
efforts Great Britain might make tc
preserve peace or to cut short the East
| African war
35 Accept Sanctions Plans.
Thirty-five nations have accepted
the first sanctions proposal-applying
an arms embargo to Italy and lifting
the embargo from Ethiopia.
Fourteen nations have announced
enforcement of the financial sane
tions, putting blockade on credits
! and exchange to Italy.
Seven nations have agreed to boy
colt Italy by putting a ban on both
buying Of Italian goods and selling
of certain essential products to Italy
Four nations have subscribed to
the mutual assistance project to equal
ize the burdens among participating
states.
SWISS BAN ARMS TRADE.