American armed forces are stationed in China as a result of agreements, and a policy dating back to the Boxer Protocol, Mr. Hull said. The presence of American troops and naval units in China do not represent change in America's foreign policy, he emphasized.
"American armed forces are China' for the protection of Amer~ teans primarily against mobs and other uncontrollable elements." Mr.
Hull said. "They have no mission of aggression. "It tins been the desire ind the intention of the Government to remove our armed forces from China when the performance of their function of protection is no longer called for. Such remains the desire and expectation of the Gov-
Me. Hull said the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war had interrupted 8 plan for the removal of American jgrmed forees from China—United The Institute reports that it is really questionable whether Japan has guficient capital to undertalce the development of the newly controtied provinces but estimates that in any ferent she will try to pursue a system of monopolistic development along the same lines as in Manehoukuo—
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