The United States today proposed an international conference to Japan ior the settlement of disputes over China and informed the Japanese Government that Washington was not satisfied with the Japanese reply io the stiff American protest of October 6.
The latest American note, handed io the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in the absence of the Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, pointed out thai Japan had solemnly promised her participation in covenants covering conditions in the Far East. The note bluntly reiterated that the United States intended to give her traditional support to the sanctity of treaties, The United States, the note said, is cognizant of changed conditions in the Far East, but is not sympathetic toward a unilateral settlement of Chinese problems. Recalling former international conferences called to settle Far Eastern troubles, the note said the United States was willing to undertake: fresh international cansultation if Japan was agreeable.
The note was delivered to the Foreign Ministry by Mr. Joseph Grew, United States Ambassador to Japan who earlier this week protested to Japan against the continued failure of the Japanese Government to reply satisfactorily to American protests. The earlier protest covered a broad field of issues, including the Japanese naval blockade of the Yangtze River and Japanese attacks on American property and lives in China.—United Press.
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