Washington, Jan. 24.
Strong representations made by Mr. Joseph Grew, the American Ambassador in Tokyo, to the Japanese Foreign Office over the entry of Japanese troops into American property in Nanking have met with general approval here.
It is understood that Washington will continue to leave to American diplomats on the spot the handling of situations arising from any further encroachments.
The moderate tone of the speech made by Mr. Koki Hirota, the Japanese Foreign Minister, at the opening session of the Diet on Saturday, with its pledge of a continuance of the Open Door in China, has been duly noted by official Washington but if scepticism regarding the course of Japan's policy in China is not thereby removed nor the keenness of Ameris watch on the Yangtze relaxed, it is because of the fear, based on past experience, that Japan's real policies are too often improvised by her forces in China.
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