"American Policy." Ever since the Nanking outrage (TIME, April 4) and until last week, British pressure has been exerted to bring the U. S. into harmony with a British program of armed reprisals against the Chinese. U. S. President Coolidge has prudently and tenaciously resisted this pressure, and last week the British Government suddenly reversed its program, adopting the "American Policy" of what amounts to "watchful waiting" for a strong Chinese government to emerge. British Foreign Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain informed the House of Commons...
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