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Show JoSo Moves, Subs From Manchurtan Waters ; ".1I0N IS AVERTED BY ACTION Stimson Moves Quickly To Avert Japanese Distrust of Naval Activity; Situation Is Delicate One. WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (U.R) Quick action by Secretary Secre-tary of State Stimson appeared ap-peared today to have sponged out what might have developed devel-oped into an inflammatory incident in the delicate Man-churian Man-churian situation. As a matter of naval routine, the commander of American naval forces in Asiatic waters ordered seven submarines and a tender moved forward around the Shantung Shan-tung peninsula to Chefoo, the near-est near-est point opposite Japan's Man-churian Man-churian base at Port Arthur. Some press dispatches described this as a strategic move pointed at the line of communications between Japan and Manchuria. ' j Make Immediate Move J ( Immediately on discovering last nigh that this movement had taken place, three or four days ago, Secretary Sec-retary of State Stimson induced the navy department to withdraw the submarines and send them ! eouth to Shanghai, hundreds of miles from Manchurian waters, to . ' efface any possible suspicion that ' a demonstration had been intended I , for morai eiiecc ou tne iuancnurian ; I l' difficulty between China and Ja- ' pan. This incident occurred at a most ! delicate stage when the United j States is cooperating with the League of Nations council, now meeting in Geneva, in efforts to I reconcile China and Japan. It held such alarming possibilities that responsible officials spent two anxious hours at dinner table. The state department was confident, confi-dent, however, that the prompt withdrawal of the submarines would quiet any misapprehensions that might exist in Japan. Await League Action-Officials Action-Officials are awaiting the action of the League of Nations council as the most important avenue of hope today in pacifying the Manchurian Man-churian situation. j. |