Washington, Dec. 27.
The Secretary of Stue, Mr. Cords Hull, yesterday indicated that he was unable to make a definite siatemer as to whether the United Sates favouring some arrangement with Japan arter the expiration of their trade treaty next month, Asked at his weekly press conference whether the United Siates was disposed to enter into a ten arrangement with Japan after ihe expiration of the frosty, Mr. Hull replied that about al he could say was that the matter was awaiting development.
This statement was interpreted that Mr. Hull apparently meant that he was unable to make a definite announcement until further developments in the situation have occurred, When correspondents asked Mr. Hull regarding the status of claims by Americans and American concerns in China against Japen, he said that many of the cases were being given attention by American representatives in China and Embassy officials in Tokyo.
Mr, Hull said that he could give no details because the claims had not yet reached a sufficient state of settlement. Correspondents thus inferred that the situation regarding the claims was also indefinite—United Press.
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