The good will of the United States toward China is proverbial, and the American Government and people welcome every advance made by the Chinese in the direction of tunity, peace, and progress. We do not believe in interference in their its. We ask of them only that which we look for from every nation with which we mai tainafriendly intercourse, specifically, proper and adequate protection of American citizens, their property, and their lawful rights, and, in general, treatment in. no way discriminatory ax compared with the treatment accorded to the interes: s of nationals of any other country.
With w deep realization of the nature of the tremendous difficulties rontinge the Chinese nation, 1 pelled to affirm my belief that
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