[?]ELICATE SITUATION

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 620, 26 August 1933, Page 5

[?]ELICATE SITUATION

i Assn.—

&pan and britain [jsion increased by the ^llegations of slave labour OTH HAVE GRIEVANCES

By Telegraph — Copyright).

Ree. Au g. 25, 5 p.m. London, Aug. 24. le Sun says a very delicate sit5n confronts the Empire in jection -with the Japanese trade jtiations. Japan's suspicions fjritain are deep-seated. The ernment newspapers and indusjists are extremely sensitive, ,|ng that the Empire is organ- , an anti-Japanese trade boye ten.sion is increased by the al•ons of slave labour made by ihire, Lancashire, the Dominions jie colonies, which the Japanese r]y resent and which allegations Iritish oificial quarters admit to ijustified. is recognised that Europe is no r able to compete with the low i of manufactures of Japan, i and India, which can never be icecl in the Far East. itain's cass contains several legie grievances. For example, i's commercial success has been ]y developed by the freedom of i negctiation within the Empire, he Japanese refused the Empire iresponding benefit and furthei*- . refused to allow British ships to j0 in inter-port trade in Japan. e Japanese luxury tariff hit Bri■another severe blow by the exB;n of British tobacco interests ftrea, yet Japan fiercely resented Wiin. the only remaining free trade Ijjk reversing her policy. ile British realise that both sides ■ a case and will be guided by Hiples. It is useless to retaliate H e sake of retaliation. The BriMand Japanese must realise that Skould suffer in the event of a Sat tariff war.