Tokyo, June 16 The United States Government has decided to maintain strict neutrality in the dispute between Japanese and British authorities at Tientsin, according to a New York dispatch to the "Hochi Shimbun" today.
Britain was reported in the message to have attempted to obtain the support of the American Government for a proposal to set up an international arbitration commission to seek a settlement of the question.
It was reported that Britain was seeking ce-operation of the United States in applying some "restraining" measures to the Tientsin situation, according to the "Hochi" dispatch.
The American Government's decision to stand aloof from the Tientsin affair made such action unlikely, the message said.—Domei.
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