POSITIVE POLICY
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY
■WASHINGTON, 28U Januuary.
- It is asserted here that the "United States Asiatic fleet was never so weak in combatant strength as now.
Tho only modern American ship in Far Eastern waters is a 10,000-ton cruiser, the Houston, which is at Manila. The American destroyers, the Boric and thoTruxtuin, .aro. now at Shanghai. '..'. ~.'; While an expression of positive American policy toward the Tar East emergency is withheld pending developments, the discussions between the Secretary of State, Mr. :H.li. Stimson, and the British Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, indicate' that Britain will cooperate with the United States in any steps necessary to protect AngloAmerican; property and nationals. This has resulted in the dispatch of preliminary orders to tho; American destroyers at Manila to be prepared to proceed to Shanghai 'and up the Yangtse River ttf protect American interests if necessary. -■:
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1932, Page 13
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144POSITIVE POLICY Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1932, Page 13
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