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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER
6,
1937.
GENEVA
CONDEMNATION
OF JAPANESE AGGRESSION Meeting Of Nine-Power Signatories Suggested
REPORT APPROVED AMERICA ASSEMBLYW
AND SUBMITTED
Geneva, To-day.
WITHHOLDS
The sub-committee of thirteen on the Sino-COMMENT
Japanese conflict yesterday approved the Report of! its drafting committee, and a meeting of the full committee of twenty-three was then summoned for later in the evening.
The following are the sub-committee's conclu *sions:
Washington, To-day.
The State Department will with- hold comment and will refuse to indicate what the attitude of the
United States Government is, pend-
conflict.
ADJOURNS BRIEFLY
Geneva, To-day.
The League Assembly
ing action by the League of Na-adjourned till 5 o'clock tions Advisory Committee and the this afternoon to enable It is clear that the two countries take different Assembly itself on the proposal of delegates to consult their
the advisory drafting committee to views as regards the underlying ground of dispute invite the United States and other Governments. and the incident which led to outbreak of hostili- signatories of the Nine-Power The Polish delegate announced ties, but it is unchallengeable that powerful Japan-Treaty to consider the Sino-Japanese the abstention of Poland because jhe objected to the procedure, while ese armies have invaded Chinese territory and mili- The United States has hitherto the delegates of Siam, Norway and tarily control large areas, including Peiping itself, refrained from any move to invoke South Africa said they had not had Itime to consult their Governments. and
Mr. Walter Elliot (Britain) That the Japanese Government has taken of State, Mr. Henry L. Stimson, to strongly urged acceptance of the naval measures to close the coast of China to Chin-obtain British co-operation in in-resolution because "this was a voking the Pact in the Manchur-conflict in which the powers of ese shipping and that Japanese aircraft are carry-ian conflict, and possible compli- conciliation which League pos- ing out bombings over widely separated regions.
After examination of the facts
JAPAN'S BREACH
the Nine-Power Treaty.
Failure of the former Secretary
cations under the Neutrality Law, sessed should be invoked, even at are believed to be two important the eleventh hour." factors hitherto governing the State Mr. Elliot pointed out that the Department's course-Reuter.
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situation in the Far East rendered lit imperative that the basis on which the League exercised its powers of conciliation should be as broad as possible.
M. Paul Boncour (France) also supported the resolution.
“AGGRESSION”.
laid before it, the committee is Having outlined the relevant bound to take the view that mili-treaties, the Report says that the tary operations by Japan against prima facie events described in the China by land, sea and air are out first part of the Report constitute deference to the feelings of some of all proportion to the incident a breach by Japan of her obliga-members.
Dr. Wellington Koo (China) said which occasioned the conflict.
tions to China and towards other
that the recommendations were far That such action cannot possibly States. facilitate and promote friendly co- Japanese hostilities, in the cir- short of what the Chinese delega operation between the two nations, cumstances, were inconsistent with tion asked but they were prepared which Japanese statesmen have af- the obligation to respect the sover to accept them in a spirit of soli-
that M. Maxim Litvinoff (Russia) firmed to be the aim of their policy. eignty, independence and terri-darity, it being understood,
torial integrity of China, also with the Chinese delegation reserved the said that the committee found in That it is unjustifiable on the the obligation not to seek a solu- right to present on a future occa-the action of the Japanese Gover
sion, proposals which the commit-ment all the elements of aggression basis of existing legal instruments tion of the dispute with China
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on the right of self-defence, `and except pacifically. that it contravenes Japanese obli- The position of the Japanese
gations under the Nine-Power Treaty and the Pact of Paris.
LUKOUCHIAO.
forces in China is only recon- ciliable with Treaty obligations if it could be shown to be a measure The earlier part of the Report of necessary for self-defence, includ- the sub-committee points out that ing defence of Japanese forces and it has not attempted to deal with Japanese nationals lawfully upon the historical causes of the con- Chinese territory.
flict.*
It starts with a review of July, 1937, and passes to the incident of Lakouchiao, setting out the con- flicting Chinese and Japanese ver- sions of the incident.
JAPAN'S RESPONSIBILITY
The Report cites statements in
GERMANY
the speech made by General Chiang When travelling in Germany and on German ships
Kai-shek on July 13, the Chinese
Note to Japan on July 19 and the reduce your expenses considerably by carrying
The Report declares that while Japanese Premier's speech on July communications were going on, ex-27, as apparent evidence that both. tensive movement of troops was sides believed at an early stage making the situation worse.
that the incident could be localised the out- and a pacific solution found. The Report describes break of hostilities in North China At a comparatively early stage it at the end of July, and says that began to appear that Japan, in ad- the operations of Japanese troops dition to reaching a local settle in North China provoked lively ment, was also determined to ob
reaction in China.
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tain a settlement of all questions
at issue between the two countries.
CHINESE PEACE ED
FORCE OF ARMS By the declaration of Japanese
en that
China must give In conclusion, the preamble of emergency financial measures the Report says that there is no Tokyo, and departure of Ja-reason to doubt that its memor panese residents from China, the andum of July 19 (offering to ac- Government and people of China cept any - pacific means known to were led to the conclusion that Ja-international law) continues to pan was determined to break their represent the policy of the Chinese resistance by force of arma
Government.
They were confirmed in this con- viction in the second week of Au- The second part of the Report gust, when the Shanghai region be- suggests that the Nine-Power came the second theatre of oper-Treaty signatories be invited to ations in spite of efforts made to meet as soon as possible and that keep hostilities at a distance from other Powers interested in the participate with the city, in which the interests of Pacific be asked to China and other nations are close-a view to ending the conflict by ly inter-locked.
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