"Mr. Hull said American represen-natives in China were handling the Tientsin and Kulangsu situations Jocaly under instructions to collaborate with their foreign colleagues whenever possible and make representations on their own initiative when necessary. He said he had no information as to the affect of the Tientsin and Kulangsu blockades on American residents of those areas.
Diplomatic observers believed that Anglo-American consultations regarding Kulangsu and Tientsin would serve to precipitate a long overdue showdown between the Democracies end Japan.
This attitude was reflected among Congressional proponents of strong economic action against Japan in re-lallation for her continued assaults on American interests and treaty rights in China.
These quarters are hopeful that the current disputes in Tientsin and Kukiangsu, coupled with the possibility that the United States will be directly involved, will speed enactment of pending anti-Japanese measures in Congress,
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