BRITAIN'S PROTEST

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 12, 7 October 1937, Page 5

BRITAIN'S PROTEST

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Economic Action Against Japan Urged ALBERT HALL MEETING

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(Beceived 7, 8.45 a.tn.) LONDON, Oct'. 5. Thousands thronged the Albert Hall to protest against the Japanese aggression in China. The vast audiCnce witnessed films of the bombings in China showing the horrors pf the Scenes in the war zones. The Archbishop of Canterbury, who presided, said he did not wish to affettt the traditional Anglo- Japanese friendship. {I know many Japanese ChrisLans are distressed at my presence here," said Dr. Lang, "but I wonder how far they know the facts which have reached us." His Grace added that he could not join in a call to Britain to act alone, as solitafy action would be ineffective and moreover it might involve consequences aff ecting England, J apan, and even Europe which no thinking man could overlook. "Nevertheless," he continued, "we are entitled to ask the Government, if

a protest and appeal are unavhiling, to announce that they are prepared to act if they can obtain support to make some form of economic action effective. "Moreover, the nightmare of a nation using every power of science to deal destruction on helpless multitudes has become a reality. The lessons of this is to secure the total abolition of bombing aircraft before it is too late." The Archbishop urged prayer to move the rulers to enable peace to be restored. Earl Lytton said that the most humiliating factor of the tragedy was that Japan had copied the methods of European precedents in Spain and the Mediterranean and Prussian frightfulness. Mr Herbert Morrison appealed for American co-operation in imposing economic and financial pressure against Japan. ' Lady Bonham Carter demanded that the Govenrment lead an economic boycott against Japan. The meeting, standing, carried a resolution on the lines of the Archbishop of Canterbury 's address.