Washington, Mar. 3.
The United States demands "scrupulous" respect for the rights of its nationals living abroad, Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, said here to-day in reviewing the conduct of the State Department during the past five years.
He reiterated that {he United States had always been willing to join in a common movement for the reduction of armaments, but said that the United States intends to continue to push "an adequate defence programme in the face of world unrest and warlike preparations abroad.
"Mr. Hull seid he favoured the con-ünuation of President Roosevelt's "Good Neighbour Policy" The Administration, he said, would press its reciprocal trade agreement policy in an effort to stabilize international economic and peace conditions.
The United States in recent years, he sáid, has taken a prominent part in establishing peace and disarmament in the world and has maintained "strict neutrality" toward the affairs of foreign nations.
Mr. Hull pointed out that fifty nations already had endorsed his en-undation of America's peace principles.—United Press.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.