The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-20
U. s. PROTESTS
 JAP BLOCKADE
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 Dooman was understood to have presented two notes to Foreign Min ister Arita today.
 Series of Bombings
 The first called the Japanese gov- ernment's attention to a series of Japanese airplane bombihgs since Japanese had given assurances that attacks on American mission and other properties would be discontin- ued. It added that the.U United States might publish details of negotiations unless prompt satisfaction was as- Sured.
 The second note was understood to express surprise that Japan should pursue such tactics as those at Kulangsu at the present time.
 Thus the United States attitude of official abstinence from participa- tion in the Tieintsin dispute re- mained unchanged, but it's attitude was expected to have weight in the Tientsin issue.
 Foreign Minister Arita was under stood to have taken copies of the American notes to today's cabinet meeting and to have discussed them with Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma, pre- mier, and General Seishiro Itagaki, war minister.
 Before Emperor
 Afterward Arita reported to Elm. peror Hirohito at the imperial pal- ace. Then he resumed his confer ence with Premier Hiranuma.
 It was understood that Japanese were particularly anxious over the American threat to. publish details of negfiotiations on bombings, be- ieving that American opinion might be influenced toward American in- tervention in the TientSin dispute in support of Britain.
 The reactionary Tohokai political party urgbed Premier Hiranuma to- day to take even stronger measures at Tientsin and terminate Britain's anti-Japanese policy" The party asked Hiranums to publish dec- laration of Japan's European policy.
 This declaration has not been published in Japan, though 1t is known to te rest of the world. It is that Japan has declined so far, par ticularly lacking a British defensive alliance with Russia, to adhere to the German-Italian military alli- ance.
 British Envoy Protested
 Earlier, Sir Robert Craigie, Brit ish ambassador, protested to For- eign Minister Arita against indigni- ties inflicted on Britons at Tientsin and demanded that the Japanese lessen the severity of their drastic searchings of British subjects.
 Before the British ambassador's visit, Arita conferred with the pre- mier, particularly on the possible ef- feet of the blockade of British and French concessions at Tientsin on British and French negotiations to bring Russia into the anti-aggres. sion bloc.
 The extreme nationalistic news paper Kokunin denounced Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, British ain- bassador to China, in an editorial today and asserted that he would not be safe if he entered the zone of war action in China.
 Kerr Under Guard
 Kerr has been under an extraor- dinary personal guard at Shanghai for a week. Private detectives, with drawn pistols, accompany him about the city, and troops, police and de- tectives guard the embassy ofnces and buildings.
 Demanding the recall of the am- bassador, the newspaper said:
 ''Kerr's assistance to the Chinese government, by abusing his extra territorial rights and accompanying General Chiang Kai-6hek (the Chinese leader) like a shodaw, has sorely irritated the Japanese gov- ernment.
 Private quarters and the army are so incensed that 1t is remarked that in event he enters the tactical area his safety can not be guaran- teed."