Show defend new gbina china washington feb 20 in response to Germi nys inquiry secretary of state knox clearly applied the themon roe doctrine to china in his note to count von bernstorff the germin germ in amb ambassador issador no diplomatic word of recent years has attracted more international ter national attention than the defini definite te stand taken hy by the united states under the direction of secretary knox it is expected that this note will be the pio of an exchange of notes between the united states germany great britian Br itin france and russia which countries have been so far working to toKe getlir thir in the new problem of chinas welfare the stand of the united state will go far toward maintaining tho tile open door in china |