Show JAPAN DENIES REQUEST EEST Of BRITISH GOVERNMENT Refuses to Prohibit Trading in Far East With Citizens of Hostile Nations I Tokio July Japan 21 J Japan p n has Informed Great Grent Britain that t she h hi Is unable to accede to Great Britain's request to announce a prohibition of or trading Inthe in inthe inthe the far tar cast with citizens of ot hostile nations The British h government re recently ro- ro gazetted a re regulation prohibiting prohibiting prohibit prohibit- ing Ing- trading with nationals national of Germany German and A Austria In China Slam Siam and P Persia ula Great Britain had been waiting t for assurance that Japan would adopt adapt similar similar sim sim- ilar measures However the Japanese I government o after consulting I leading business men d decided It could not riot Join the movement chiefly for the reason on that the l laws ws of ot Japan n do not permit the enforcement of ot such a measure The Ko government IB is understood to have hae pointed out that In effect effert there Is no trading between Japan and representative representatives representatives rep rep- of hostile countries In the far east enst Japanese merchants are be believed believed beto be- be to have opposed tho British project ct on the ground that It would harm the tho business Interests of at the emI em em- I pire |