Washington, Aug. 8.
Forty foreign nations to-day notified the American Govern: ment of their unqualified 2 proval of the "fourteen point policy for the promotion and pre-Servation of world peace which the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, issued on July 16
foreign policy. The nations ap-3 resiaement of funecian proving the declaration included Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the Scandinavian nations and the American republics. It was worthy of note that those which have not yet forwarded their approval included Germany, Moly, Japan and Spain, "It was believed, however, that China and Spain would scion give notice of their support. "Diplomats said the immediate effect of the declaration was still problematical. United Press. laws against recruiting for foreign was understood that the Counseller of the Japanese Embassy, Mr-Yakichiro Suma, in his conversation with Mr. Hull this week, called attention of the Secretary to the reported large-scale enlistments on the Pat Coast, but did not lodge a formal "The Japanese Embassy declined to comment' on the situation, but. the United Press learned that' Japanese Consuls in California had investigated the reports of recruiting and had supplied their information to the Embassy before Mr. Suma acted.
Tt was worthy of note that proseeutions for foreign recruiting have been rare because of the difleully of proving enlistment on American instead of foreign sell.
Pressing his demand for the withdrawal of American armed forces, from China, Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, Democratic whip in the upper chamber, introduced a resolution day calling on the Secretary of War, Mr. Harry H. Woodring, to report to the Senate any reasons for: naintain~ ing the Fifteenth United States Infantry at Tientsin—United Press, Interpellations tu Die Tokyo, Aug. 6.
Although little general interest was shown here to-day regarding the re~ ported activity of Lieut.-Gen. Russell Hearn, American soldier of fortune, recruiting a Foreign Legion for China, several members of the Diet: nterpellated the Foreign Minister, Mr. Koki Hirota, regarding the reports.
Mr. Hirota replied that he under~ stood the United States was carefully guarding against such action. It was recalled, that the Counsellor of the Japanese Embassy at Washington, Mr. Yakichiro 'Suma, had. called the attention of the' American Govern ment to Hearn's reported activities. The populace here appeared con-
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