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AMERICAN DESTROYER STAYS , , WASHINGTON, D. C, June 22.— The bold defy by the United States to a Japanese 3 attempt to force removal of an American destroyer from the Japanese-occupied south h China port of Swatow was announced today l by the Navy Department. It was issued, the department states, by Admiral Harry E. Yar-nell, commander-in-chief of the American in Asiatic squadron, with full approval of the » Navy Department in Washington. The American •i- government intends, it was made emphatically n- clear at the Navy Department at headquarters, to enforce, if necessary, the ie right of freedom of movement of its warships r- through Chinese waters. No interference r- by Japan will be brooked as high Navy /y spokesmen declared "American warships will ill come and go whenever they please and in in whatever areas of China it is deemed necessary 3- to safeguard the lives and property of of Americans."
