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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 18, 1939.
CHINA'S
CLAIMS TO
INTERNATIONAL
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AID
Dr. Koo Urges Committee Of Coordination
Embargo Against Japan On Planes And Petrol Sought
Geneva, To-day.
An appeal for an embargo on aeroplanes and petrol, was made by Dr. Wellington Koo, Chin- ese Ambassador in Paris and chief delegate to the League of Nations, at the public meeting of the League Council yesterday.
JEWS OPPOSE ABYSSINIA IMMIGRATION
London, To-day.
The executive committee of the Jewish Congress has decided not to co-operate in the scheme for Jewish immigration to Abyssinia. They say that Jews do not want to enter any country which does not grant equal rights to Jewish citizens.-Reuter.
An embargo, he said, would stop the Japanese in- TOKYO BREACH
fernal work of destruction.
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While China respected the Open Door, Japan OF MANDATE
sought to make a special preserve of China.
Dr. Koo described the operations and success of CONDITIONS
pose
guerilla tactics behind the Japanese lines.
Nations and transit, and the cause of re- He said the League of was founded for the guiding pur-sistance had suffered not a little
of achieving international from these difficulties. peace and security, and was established instrument for the or- ganisation of peace.
the
With all its failures in the past, it was still, in the opinion of the Chinese Government, capable of serving the cause of peace, and the member states, especially the most responsible ones, were willing and ready to extend full support its efforts.
The Chinese Government asked the Council to take steps to initiate a committee of co- ordination.
If a general committee was con- sidered not feasible for the present, then the Chinese Government would welcome a limited committee of co- ordination composed of representa- totives of the governments partien-
larly interested in the Far East.
GENERAL CAUSE
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NEW CHINESE SUCCESSES IN SHANSI
Chungking, To-day. The Chinese have scored new in Shansi province ac- cording to Chinese repor.s.
successes
The Japanese troops have been forced to withdraw along the east- ern bank of the Yellow River. Moreover, the Chinese have suc- ceeded in cutting off the enemy's retreat so that complete dislodge- ment of
the the Japanese from Yellow River may be expected in the near future.
Major engagements took place yesterday near Hotsin, where the Japanese are reported to have been defeated.
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Fighting is reported also the region north of Linfeng.
HSINKAI CLASH According to reports from South China, the Japanese resumed their along Hankow-Canton
Geneva, To-day. Dr. Wellington Koo, the Chin- ese delegate to the League, in a declaration in regard to the Man- date Commission's Report on is- lands under Japanese mandate, said that according to the Japan. activity ese mobilisation decree of 1938, Railway, attempting to capture the town of Tsinkai, 25 kilometres general mobilisation had been ap-
north of Canton. Chinese resis- | plied to these islands, which was
contrary to the spirit of the man-tance, however, was strong and the Japanese who entered the outskirts dates.
Therefore he had the right to of town were eventually repulsed. raise the matter before the League-Trans-Ocean, Council when he had obtained fur- ther information in this connection. The Rapporteur, M. Munters
ANTIDOTES TO WAR
Dr. Koo added that whatever ac-
Real antidotes to war were
was taken to support the not tion
Chinese resistance, it (Sweden), replied that when in- necessarily to be found in war it-cause of
be considered as for formation was laid before the Man- self, and President Roosevelt had could not
dates Commission, they would give said that there were measures short China's exclusive advantage. of war which were capable of ex-
It would also benefit the general an opinion thereon.-Reuter. erting pressure upon an aggressor.
cause of upholding the principles One such
of international law and order. measure was a boycott on the goods of an aggressor nation! ̈ ̈
More than that, the rights and interests of other countries direct- ly concerned in the Far East would gain security by this legitimate de- fence.
In the present case, prohibition of direct or indirect imports of Ja- panese goods would strike at the basis of Japanese economy in 1 Dr. Koo pointed out that past ex-
perience had clearly shown
short time.
VON LUCKNER NOW IN COLOMBO
SILVER IMPORT EMBARGO SOUGHT IN U.S.
Washington, To-day.
Senator Townsend has introduc- ed a bill in Congress providing for immediate cancellation of all Ad- ministration powers to buy silver Count Felix von Luckner, the and to issue silver certificates, that noted
German wartime raider with a view to protect the home whose exploits 'read like a fairy-markets for silver now held. tale, arrived in Colombo yester- The bill proposes an embargo on day.
silver imports. Moreover the Count von Luckner is voyaging Treasury would be authorised to round the world in his schooner. dispose of silver, holdings after He is to visit Singapore, where setting aside 5,500,000 ounces to he was imprisoned during the War, meet future coinage requirements. when he made a sensational escape.Reuter.
Eighty per cent. of the silk pro-it would be impossible to safe- duction of Japan was marketed in guard legitimate Western rights one country, while 45 per cent. of and interests in China unless the her textile fabrics were normally Chinese people remained masters sold in only three or four countries. of their own destiny.
PARTICULARLY ESSENTIAL
"The Chinese door cannot be kept open if the Chinese people are not allowed to exercise the fullest
control in their own house."
OVERDUE
Dr. Koo said that such a boycott had been started voluntarily by peo- ple in a number of countries, and
The time had come, in fact, it therefore it would not be difficult for the governments to enforce it. was long overdue, for the League to take effective action in order to
In the case of aeroplanes und petroleum it was particularly essen-restrain Japanese aggression.
tial that an embargo upon should be recommended by the Council.
them
com-
in
of deliberate
Those countries with important
possessions and territorial merce and economic interests The Chinese Government desired the Far East, had an added obliga- that the Council recommend that tion to defend them. member states should extend finan- Eighteen month's cial and economic assistance to attack by Japan upon their rights China, among other purposes for and interests in China, along with development and reconstruction of expansion of the Japanese inva- China's South-Western provinces sion, had made it perfectly clear and for the rellef of civil refugees. as to what was in store for them.
An assurance for facilities for transit and transport of Chinese war material was also necessary for continuance of effective resist-and it does not seem that they are ance to Japanese aggression.
COMMITTEE OF CO-ORDINATION
In the past eighteen months, the Government had encountered diffi- culties in arranging such transport
NO TIME TO BE LOST Dr. Koo concluded: "Unless the interested Powers are prepared-
British Note Applauded
Chungking
In
Chungking, To-day.
The British Note to Japan is warmly welcomed in the Chin- ese press.
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The "Ta Kung Pao" says: "Reading the text of the Bri- tish Note gives all Chinese even greater joy than the Bri-
gression.
"They have everything to gain by adopting determined action to be promptly carried out."
-to abandon their Treaty rights and established interests in China
A private meeting is expected and abdicate their rightful posi- tion in East Asia and the Pacific, before the end of the session no time is to be lost by them to take order to discuss the Chinese Gov- to ernment's demands as presented concerted or parallel action
check the spread of Japanese ag-by Dr. Koo-Reuter.
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tish financial credits to China.” The full text is featured in the
Chinese press, which unanimously lauds the British attitude, especially the "clear analysis of Prince Konoye's peace terms as an attempt at encroachment upon China's territorial and sovereign rights."
A spokesman for the Foreign Office declared in an interview that "it is highly gratifying that the principal signatory powers
of the Nine-Power Treaty Britain, America and France are taking identical views on the.... Far Eastern situation." Reuter.