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Show U. S. Tells Ships Hot to Buck China Barrier WASHINGTON. Nov. SO trtV-Secretary trtV-Secretary of State Acheaon eaid Wednesday American ships enter the Chinese blochade pull oT Shanghai at their own risk. He indirectly rebuked the Is-brandteen Is-brandteen Steamship line for having hav-ing sent Its vessels, two of which have been ahelled, into the area. Acheaon also reported that thia government has rejected all requests re-quests of the shipping line for American naval convoy. He eaid it la not "thia government's govern-ment's policy to convoy American shipping through the so-called 'blockade.' " .Strong New Nets At a news conference, however. Acheaon disclosed that he haa sent a atrong new note to the Chinese Nationalist government protesting the shelling of the Is-brandtsen Is-brandtsen line's Sir John Franklin Frank-lin Monday, The note possibly lays the basis for a financial claim by the line against the Chinese Nationalist government. Acheaon said that while he did not remember details of the earlier Chinese Nationalist warship war-ship attack on Ib rand tee iTa Flying Fly-ing Cloud, the stats department haa determined that at least part of the shelling of the second ship occurred outside territorial waters. Therefore it was a violation of the rights of the ship, he said. ' Seas Claisa Support Asked whether a money claim could be made in thia Instance against the Chinese Nationalists, Acheaon said that If the line wishes to enter a claim he thinks the government will support it. The Indirect rebuke to the Ie-brandteen Ie-brandteen line came in a formal statement on the National coastal blockade which the .American government does not recognise aa legal. Acheaon said: "I should like to commend the prudence, wisdom and perceptlve-nesa perceptlve-nesa displayed by the American shipping lines in the Pacific which during thia troubled period have omitted Shanghai from their ports of ceil. There haa been only one exception among them, which I have already referred to above (in the statement)." |