Washington, Sept. 5.
Washington, Sept. 5.
The United States publicly notified Japan yesterday that Washington closely watching every Japanese move in the Far East which might affect Indo-China or the East Indies.
Mr. Hull issued a statement warning that the situation in French Indo-China "is a matter to which the United States Government attaches importance,"
'Thus far, the statement continued, the United' States has had no confirmation of reports that the Japanese Governmental experts, commenting unofficially on the long-range significance of the Anglo-American agreement, today pointed out that the destroyer-base barter would give the United States extraterritorial rights over the furthest flung ocean area since the Spanish-American war.
Although the officials carefully emphasized that the United States was in no way accepting civil responsibility, the United States construction of naval and air bases on British islands would give the United States a stronger interest in the British possession than in any other type of involvement.
Some experts pointed cut that the agreement, in a sense, constituted a cushion against a defeat of Britain under which the United States may become militarily and strategically prepared to carry the burden of leadership against the Totalitarians if Britain is driven from the mastery of the Atlantic.
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