AMERICAN WATCH ON SITUATION
Attitude In Event Of War INTERESTS CERTAIN TO BE AFFECTED (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received July 18, 6.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 17. The Secretary of State (Mr Cordell Hull), in a statement which named no country but was obviously directed at China and Japan, said that war m the Far East was impossible without encroaching on American and other interests. It is understood that earlier in the day the Chinese Ambassador requested the United States to invoke the NinePower Treaty against Japan. Mr Hull reiterated the traditional American foreign policy, and con " eluded: “We avoid entering alliances or entangling commitments, but we believe in co-operative effort by peaceful means.” , x . The Washington correspondent of The New York Times says it is not believed that the United States will take direct action from the Chinese appeal under the Nine-Power Treaty at present.
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Southland Times, Issue 23255, 19 July 1937, Page 7
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