Cordell Hull, Secretary of!
ale, and Mr. Hiroshi: Saito, Japanese Ambassador here, to-day. dlscussed Sino-Japanese" developments a conversation which Mr, Hull described as an ordinary exchange fon "acute conditions" in the Far East.
There was no special discussion on the grave situation at the Internation al Seitlement in Shanghai, the Foreign Secrolary added.
Replying to a question whether the United States, "Great Britain and France would sk that the Settlement should not be used as a base of opexactions by the disputing countries, Me. Hull said he knew nothing new. Reuter.
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