Tokyo, June 20. The United States entered the Far Eastern situation today by adopting a strong attitude on issues which, though unconnected directly with the Tientsin blockade, are expected to have an important bearing on the north China impasse, it was learned.
Mr, Eugene Dooman, United States Charge d'Affaires, today delivered two stiff U.S. notes to the Japanese Foreign Office, The first note represented a strony United States protest against the bombing of American property in China by Japanese planes.
The second note protested against the stoppage by Japanese naval authorities of supplies destined for Kulangsu, the international settlement of Amoy.
Japanese statesmen quickly reacted to the notes, and an immediate conference between Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma, the Premier, Mr. Hachiro Arita, Foreign Minister, and Lieut.- Gen. Seishiro Itagaki, War Minister, was held, The notes were understood to have formed the main subject of discussion at the conference which was followed by the announcement that a Cabinet meeting would be held later in the day.
In the first note the United States called the attention of the Japanese Government to the series of bombings, in which American property has suffered, since the receipt of Japanese assurances by Washington that bombing of civilian areas where American property is located would be discontinued.
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