Washington, June 23.
In a warring world the attention of the American Government is directed towards many places—towards assisting Britain to win the democracies' fight in the Europe, combatting totalitarian trade attacks from any quarter on the 21 American republics, and towards the threatening situation in the Far East, where reports des-cribo Japanese naval concentrations near Indo-China.
The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell L. Hull, declined to be drawn into any new statement of American policy in the Far East, but he referred the press to recent pronouncements indicating America's concern that the Pacific status quo should not be upset.
He said he had not yet received official advices concerning reported naval concentrations in the Hainan area. It is obvious the ministration is concerned over the possible spread of hostilities in the
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