Washington, Sept. 5.
Administration sources today interpreter yesterday's warning by Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, to Japan against territorial ambitions in Indo-China and. the Netherlands East Indies as an indication that the United States felt that the destroyer for-bases trade with Britain permi ted it to play a bolder hand in the Far East.
They predicted that America's titude toward Japan would be sha pened in ratio to the strengthening of its Atlantic defences. Congressional foreign relations experts gener ly approved the warning invoke American public opinion against the invasion of Indo-China, Congressional foreign relations experts today generally approved the statement made yesterday by Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, invoking the American public opinion against invasion of French Indo-China. H Mr. Hamilton Fish, Republican Representative member of the Foreign Affairs of New York and Committee, indirectly praised the statement "mild in text and im-
Other members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, however, saw deeper implications and California's Democratic Representative, Mr. Ed V, Izac, said that' it was an obvious warning to Japan which could not be disregarded.
Mr, Izac predicted ti in the face of the United States warning, Japan would not invade Indo-China "unless she feels Germany has definitely crushed Britain."—United Press.
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