When the protest was made in Tokyo, Mr. Hull declared, the State Department was unaware that a similar course was contemplated by Britain, The Japanese Government, he added, had not yet given specific assurances in reply to the American representations.
"The blame for the ungraceful retreat belongs exclusively to Washington," declares the "Evening Star" in a leading article yesterday on the evacuation of the United States Embassy in Nanking.
"It is more than ungraceful," the newspaper adds. "It is an abject humiliation. It does not become a great Power like the United States. It is particularly unpalatable because it takes place under duress and because, up to the latest accounts, other countries like Britain, France, Russia, Germany and Italy decided to carry. on at Nanking.
Reuter.
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