Washington, July 26, The Acting Secretary of State, Nr. Sumner Welles, announced yesterday thal United States oMieials ate giving every possible consideration. to the message sent to President. Roosevelt this week by a group of Ameti= gan "newspaper correspondents Shanghai.
The message, it was understood, called upon the United States Gov: ernment to hold Japan responsible for the safely of Americans Japanese occupied areas of China ind advocated an embargo against Japan such as was ordered by President Roosevelt yesterday.
The message was sent to Washington by six American correspondents pamed in the recent deportation ist issued by Wang Ching-wet regime in Nanking, and Me. Hallett Abend, chief New York "Times" cor-Tespondent in China, who. Was as. saulted and robbed by. two. armed Japanese in Shanghai last week, Mr. Welles said yesterday that the United States "Government. hopes that Japanese-American incidents. China may be settled by the local suthorities—United Press,
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