The United States would be protected by Spain if a conflict with England arose.
They claimed that Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway, and attacked the Chinese army (which had just executed a Japanese spy). The Chinese army did not fight back because it knew that the Japanese were just wanting an exvuse to invade Manchuria.
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All federal judges have to be approved by a majority of senators before they can begin their jobs. If the president nominated a judge that was not favored by the senate they would probably not be approved.