Nationalists Claiming Support on Manchurian Question Special telegram to Kuo Min Agency Washington, May 26, Mr. Frank Lee, resident representative at Washington of the Nationalist Government, had a con ference yestentay morning with Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of State of the State Department, on the Sino-Japanese situation, Me. Johnson confirmed the attitude of the State Department that America regards Manchuria as Chinese territory.
2. America does not recognize that Japan hias any special rights and interests in Manchuria, 3 America regards the Powers Treaties signed at Washington in 1922 as binding upon Japan and all the signatory Powers.
It is also reported that' the Japanese Ambassador at Washington, in an interview with Secretary State Kellogg, denied that Japan wishes to establish a protectorate over Manchuria
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