Washington, Oct, 8.
Hastily summoned from New York, Mr. Norman Davis, United States Ambassador-at-large, arrived here this morning to confer with President Roosevelt and Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State.
It is presumed that they will dis-
Nine-Power Conference. in conference was indicated America's willingness to participate
yesterday by Mr. Hull No invita-lion, he declared, had yet been received, but as one of the signatories of the Nine-Power Treaty he "presumed" that the United States Government would accept the invitation when it was received, Mr. Hull said he had received no communication proposing that the conference should be held in Washington, In reply to another question, the Secretary of State declared that the United States Government did not consult other American Republics before issuing its condemnation of Japan, but acted independently in accordance with its established policy.
He declined to comment on Mr. Henry Stimson's recommendation that Britain and America should boycott. Japan, Mr. Hiroshi Saito, the Japanese Ambassador, called on Mr. Cordell Hull yesterday for what he described as an exchange of information.
Mr, Saito subsequently stated that he had not made any protest against the State Department's condemnation of Japan's action in China but had visited Mr. Hull on his own initiative to "clear up certain points of information."
He added that he did not regard the State Department's pronouncement as likely to strain relations between America and Japan, On the contrary, he said, recent developments in the Far Eastern conflict kad been calculated to bring about a better understanding between the two countries by clarifying the atmosphere.—Reuter.
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