Berlin, June 14.
Banner headlines in the press this morning announced. the "Japanese Blockade of the British and French Concessions in Tientsin, Authorized quarters here essed thatthe blockade will" not affect Tientsin question.
'Mr, Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, in reply io a question on the subject, said' that he had no knowledge of any approach to the United States"on the question of" medi The United States, he said, was determined to make every possible contribution to pacifying the situa tion. He declined to say that the Tientsin and. Kulangsu situations were identical, declaring that conditions at two diferent "paces "were never the same.
He further declared that the United States representative was giving every possible attention 10 the. posi tion" th Tientsin and would as far as possible, protect United States nationals ahd interests, there, Mr. Cordell Hull added that full and" adequate representations were being made to the Japanese from time: to time to deal with specific instances requiring the attention of the Japanese authorities, He said that United States. ship= ping had. been Instructed some time Ro not to carry arms, ammunition 'oF implements of war into war areas, Including the Tientsin region, and shipping. interests had been warned that! vessels doing so acted at their stated that there had been no special exchanges of views with Tokyo over the International Gettlement at Kulangsu—Router,
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