Washington, Sept, 9.
Mr. Cordell Hull Secretary of State, said here today that he had not been informed that any other Government beside the United States had protested to the Chinese Government against China's attitude toward Japan's proposal for the creation of a neutral refugee zone in Hankow.
The Secretary said American representatives in China might have made representations to the Chinese Gov. ernment, but such information has not reached the State Department.
The Chinese attitude toward the neutralization proposal several days ago. amounted to rejection of the Japanese proposal on the grounds that the Japanese would not abide by the agreement and because the Chinese Government preferred the complete evacuation of the civilian population from Hankow.
Mr. Hull said that the United States was actively interested in the Japanese plan for the protection of American nationals in Hankow. He said the Government consequently had studied the Japanese proposal carefully, but he failed to indicate whether the United States Government favoured that particular neutralization plan.
Mr. Hull said about 300 Americans Severed Nerves Linked By Dog's Spinal Cord Tokyo, Sept. 10.
Complete success in connecting severed human nerves by means of a canine spinal cord was claimed by Professor Shichiro Gotch of the Imperial University of Kyushu, at Fukuoka, today.
Professor Gotch performed an operation on August 17 at a military hospital at Fukuoka on Sergeant Nagao Yamashita whose right arm was benumbed because of severance of nerves caused by a shell fragment in military operations in. Hangchow last November.
Professor Gotch transplanted a dog's spinal cord to connect Sergeant Yamashita's severed nerves. Before the operation, the patients right arm was swollen and benumbed. Twenty-two days after the operation, swelling was gone, sense was restored and the patient could open or close his fingers at will —Domei.
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