Washington Jan. 10.
HE prose: and encoura ation ement of peace in the Far East is mor important than the immediate toty of American trade and investment in the Ori lent, the Secretary of State, Mr.
Cordell Hull, said in a letter to The letter, addressed to Mr. written in response to a Senate on the Far Eastern situation, said in any particular country at any ence the State Department's pol "Referring expressly to the Situat tion in the Far the letter said, the United States is deeply interested in supporting by peaceful means all influences contributory to the preservation and encouragement orderly process This interest far transcend: portance the value of American trade in China or the extent of Amer investments in China It transcends even the quest Congress to-day.
John Garner, Vice-President, and resolution requesting information the number of Americans residing particular minute did not influ-icy in handling foreign affairs. safeguarding the immediate welfare of American citizens in China, "The interest and concern of the United States in the Far Eastern situation, the European situation and tuations on this continent are not easured by the number of American citizens residing in a particular country at a particular moment or by the amount of investment by Americans there or by the volume of American trade with the country concerned.
Fundamental Interests
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