POLICY IN CHINA

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 124, 30 May 1927, Page 9

POLICY IN CHINA

AMERICA'S ATTITUDE

MR. COOLIDGE'S DECLARATION

(From "The Post's" Representative.) SAN FRANCISCO, 31st May. Whatever form of conflict materialises out of the present struggle in China, President Coolidgo is determined , that he will insist, similarly to Great Britain, that proper respect bo paid ,to his Government, which will continue to maintain its dignity, while at the same time exhibiting friendly solicitude for I the well-being of the Chinese people. Mr. Coolidge expressed this determination in an address to the annual meeting of the United Press Association. The President revealed that, weeks before the Nanking outrage, and the breach by the Cantonese of the ShangI hai foreign quarter, Great BKtain and the United States foresaw the situation that developed. "We sent a suggestion to the conj tending factions that they exclude the i foreign -quarters of the city of ShangI hai from the area of military operations^' he said. "This they declined to do, making the dispatch of our forces necessary." President Coolidge made it clear that he feare.d that, in the present turmoil and strife, forces, might be let loose which might be beyond the power of China to control, which might do injury to American nationals, it was to guard against such eventuality that an American force had been sent —"to do what China herself would do, if peace prevailed," he added. _ "The recent, period has brought America into a new position in the world," said the President. "We shall have to hear the inevitable criticisms, and try | to discharge the inevitable obligations which arise from this condition. Bei cause gome others have pursued that course, it may be feared that we shall I embark upon a programme of military aggrandisement. Such, however, is not the spirit of the American people. In our international intercourse, we must hold ourselves up to high standards of I justice and equity. We should be slow to take offence, and quick to grant redresg." ,