AMERICA'S POLICY

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 15, 19 January 1933, Page 9

AMERICA'S POLICY

SANCTITY OF TREATIES

MUST BE UPHELD

WASHINGTON, 17th January. ' The possibility that fighting between! Japan and China in the Jehol region, may spread south of the Great Wall of China, and involve extensive foreign; interests, is causing, increasing uneasiness in official circles. The Administration- is : standing by its announced policy, to which the • President-Elect, Mr. F. D. Roosevelt, said to-day h». would agree, of upholding the sanctitj; of all contracts. -

Eeports from New Tort to-day; clearly indicating that Mr. Eoosevelt would continue the Hpover-Stimson. policy in respect to Manchuria, although merely confirming the general assumption that the Secretary of State, Mr. H. L. Stimson, and Mr. Booseveltf discussed the matter at their recent conference and reached agreement, have been received with considerable grati-i ficationin official circles.

It is felt here that the" situation, is reaching a crisis and that, the League of Nations must take definite action, of some sort immediately. It is believed that both Japan, and China, also; the League, will, give consideration ti Mr. Eoosevelt's strong position whicK included this statement:—

"I am wholly willing to make i£ clear that American foreign "policies must hold the sanctity of international treaties. That is the corner-stone on which all relations " between nationi must rest."

The State Department apparently is hot perturbed at ToMo's objection taf American participation in arbitration, as this was expected.