Washington, Mar. 3. The United States demands "serum pulous" 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 the United] States had always been willing to join in a common movement for the eduction 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, The Adniinistration, he said, would press its reciprocal trade agreement policy in fan effort {0 stabilize international economic and peace cone The United States in recent years said, has taken a prorginent part establishing peace and. disarmaned ity" toward the affairs nations.
Mr. Hull pointed out that fifty nations already had endorsed his envunclation of America's peace principles—United Press.
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