Washington, Aug. 27.
The United States Government has notified China and Japan that it demands respect for all United States rights and interests in the Far East, according to an announcement to-day by Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State.
Both the Chinese and Japanese Governments, he added, "have been requested to observe these rights to the extent of being responsible for damages to United States property or citizens as a result of hostile operation."
Mr, Hull declared that his information from the Far East showed that Japan did not intend to interfere with foreign shipping in conducting her blockade of the China coast.
The United States Government, the Secretary of State asserted, considered itself now in a position of having been officially "informed of the blockade's peaceful intentions. At the same time, he added, the United States Government was continuing to assemble the full facts concerning the effects of such a blockade.
Mr. Hull's Notes to China and Japan are interpreted by informed circles as meaning that the United States Government has no intention of. withdrawing from the Orient.
It is not believed that the United States long-range international peace policy witl undergo any change as a result of the crisis. It is felt that, by maintaining its position in the Far East, the United States will be in a,
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