Asked to comment on Japa nouncement that she was trying to link together Japan, China and Manchoukuo, Mr. Hull said that America would be guided by the generall, accepted principles of International Law and the principles of fair dealing ari fair play among nations. e attitude of the United States concerning Japan's claims in the Fa East, he said, was based.on existing treaties, and remained unchanged.
The visit to the State Department yesterday of Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassador to the United States, intel led rumours that consultation were in progress between the signatories of the Nine-Power Pact, with a view to the adoption of a common attitude against Japan's efforts to close the Open Door in China.
Mr. Hull, however, said he thought that Sir Ronald Lindsay's visit was concerned with the trade negotiations between Great Britain and the United States, which, he added, were in the final stages "whatever may be the outcome."—Reuter.
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