Washington, Oct. 28.
The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, told the press today that the "United States had not received {ror Japan any official overtures in connection with the reported Japanese intention. to.alter the Nine-Power Treaty because of the changed conditions in China.
The State Department declined to make any other comment on the matter but the impression prevailed that the United States would be cool toward any revision of the treaty.
Reports of Japan's intentions to change principal clauses of the Nine-Power Treaty were intimated in a Japanese Foreign Office statement which hinted that Japan might quest a modification of the pact "on the ground that new circumstances have arisen as a result of the China hostilities."
Although the reports said that Japan would be willing to respect the "open door" principle, Japan might be forced to change the Nine-Power Treaty, especially in the matter of military necessity.
The Foreign Office indicated that this tone would be adopted when Japan replies to the United States Note sent om October 6 in connec. tion with the principle of "open door" trade ana the maintenance wf the Nine-Power Treaty.
The Nine-Power Treaty was signed at the Washifgton Conference of 1921-22, Signatories to the pact are {he United States, Great Britain. Japan, China, France, Italy, the Nether lands, Belgium and Portugal.
The Nine-Power Treaty has four principal authorities 1. It guarantees the sovereignty, independence and territorial and administrative Integrity of China.
2. It binds the powers to aid China in maintaining a stable government.
's. It stipulates equal commercial opportunity im China ior an nations TI restrains the signatories from seeking special privileges in China at the expense of other nations United Chungking, Oct. 29.
The Chinese Central Government being deluged with resolutions and messages from all parts of the country demanding that resistance against the Japanese invaders b> continued and peace negotiations under all conditions rejected.
Chinese official circles characterize reports of alleged peace overtures of the Central Government as a "Japanese manœuvre for the purpose of weakening the will of the Chinese Government and nation to resist the Japanese invaders." Nor is the Central Government interested in peace proposals of the "shadow governments" in Peiping and Nanking, it is declared.
The Chinese press leaves no doubt in its leading articles today regarding the intention of the Central Government to continue the war until the Japanese have been evicted from the country. The official government organ, the "Central Daily News". states that the Chinese foreign policy is based upon national resistance and that recent events have brought about no change. Summing up the foreign policy of the Central Government, the paper declares:
The independence and sovereignty of China shall not be weakened or destroyed; Foreign assistance shall be sought but not depended on as an essential factor in the war; China is fighting for her independence and liberty; and The Foreign policy of the Central Government shall be supported by the confidence of the entire nation.—-
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