Washington, Oct. 4.
Indicating America's increasingly stiff attitude toward Japan, Government and Congressional' circles fast night. flatly rejected Japanese poss complaints-against-the establish-
Mr. Samuel W. King, Hawaiian Delegate to the United States Congress, discounted the international significance of he fleet movement last night, however.
Mr, 'king said that it had been the policy for a Tong time to send all possible vessels to Pearl" Har-hour in order to maintain regular overhaul schedules there and keep skilled workers there employed.
He pointed out, however, that it was the established policy of the United States to. develop Pearl] Harbour as. the strongest _nailonal defence centre under the American fag. Consequently, he said, it was necessary periodically to augment} the-size of the fleet units based there.
This statement again _Indicatea that the" Navy Department has immediate intention of - withdrawing! the mew fleet reinforcements—from Pan-America Zone To Cut Out War Panama City, Oct. 2 A secret plenary session of the Pan-American Conference today approved both the Panama Declaration establishing a 200-mile safety zone round the American continent and. a Declaration of Neutrality.
To be put into effect, these two highly important declarations will have to be adopted at a public plenary session. They were discussed by the competent Committees earlier in the day, The Neutrality Committee decided to create x permanent body, to sit in Washington, questions of neutrality 'According to' statements made by tone of the delegates at the Cor mittee session, the Neutrality Declaration would aim to show Get-many as clearly og possible that the 'American republics were in sympathy with the nations which were defending democratic ideals, 'The Panama' Declaration was also aiseussed bya Committee for the' maintenance of peace, It establishes safety zone te be patrolled by ships of the American republics which will refect American shipping from all attacks.
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