Evening star., 1939-07-27
Ending Of Treaty
To Hurt Japan
WorseThanU.5.
Nipponese SuIesmen
Will Not Be Able
To Come Here
By CONSTANTINE BROWN


Abrogation of the American-Jap-
anese treaty of 1911 will strike more
severely at Japanese trade in the
United States than it will at Amer
lean trade in Japan, Far East ex-
perts in Washington believe.
The moment the treaty ceases to
exist no Japanese salesman will be
permitted to enter the United States
and at the same time American
port dues on japanese ships may be
increased as much as 100 per cent,
it was pointed opt.
Japanese statesmen are now in the
United States in great numbers,
selling manufactured goods and raw
materials and Japanese vessels pay
the same port dues as all other
merchant shipping, but without the
treaty dues on japanese vessels could
be raised to almost any figure. with
the knowledge, of course, that ia
pan could do the same against
American ships.
Needs u. s. War Materials.
Administration quarters also point
ed out that while the United States
imports from Japan large quantities
of raw materials, particularly silk,
all of which could be obtained else
where or replaced by American SUBJ
stitutes, the United States is the
principal source of Japanese war
materials and in order to continue
her war in China Japan must pur-
chase American oil. cotton and scrap
iron. An embargo on these war
goods. it was pointed out, would
seriously hamper Japan's military
efforts in China.
The more drastic action of en-
bargoing American exports to Japan
would be taken only by Congress and
until that is done Japanese -Ameri-
can trade could continue under the
restrictions which might arise in the
absence of INSTRUMENTATION
treaty.
Denunciation of the treaty is con-
sidered in high official quarters as
the inevitable consequence of Jap
anese behavior toward American
citizens and interests in China.
Warning has been given the Jap
anese government by the State De-
partment for several weeks. Secre-
tary Hull IN Washington and Eugene
H. Dooman, the American Charge
dAffaires in Toxic, have repeatedly
warned the Toxic government that
unless the Japanese military in
China ceased their mistreatment of
American citizens this country would
be compelled to take drastic action.
The last time the United States
Government took such political ac-
ton against foreign power was on
December II, 1911, when President
Taft denounced the treaty of COM
merce and amity with Russia. The
official reason was that the Rus
sian government did not recog-
nize the naturalization of Russian
subjects in the United States and
treated its former citizens who had
become naturalized Americans as if
they still were subjects of the Gear.
This treatment was applied especial
ly to those of Jewish faith. The real
reason behind that denunciat ton,
however, was the pogroms taking
place in many parts of Russia in
which thousands of Jews were mur-
dered in cold blood
Italian Treaty Denounced.
The treaty of commerce with Italy
was denounced by common agree
ment between the two governments
in 1896 in order to facilitate con-
cluSion of another more in keep
ing with present relations between
the two governments. No new agree
ment has been reached, but there
is a modus vivendi which enables
temporary and restricted trade re-
lations between this country and
Italy.
The German government in 1885
denounced certain clauses of its
treaty with the United States. This
was a unilateral denunciation, the
initiative having been taken by
Berlin. and was due mostly to the
difference in economic policies be-
(See TREATY page A-4O