LEAGUE'S APPEAL TO JAPAN
(Continued from Page 9.)
Japanese position unabanged, Japan refusing to undertake not to occupy Chinose soll indefinitely ner
Aa the President of the Council on behalf of his colleagues pointed. out on January 20 in an appeal addressed to both parties, good ro Tablons between States can only be secured by co-operation and mutual rospect, and no permanent soluzion can be achieved by forea hechor military or merely economic.
The longer the present situation continues, the wider the breach Se tween the two peoples will bocomo,. and the moro difoult a solution
to soek monopolistic privileges, pro-wil be with all the diaustors hat
ided the Chinese quit Shanghai.
that it would moan, not only to the
Officials construg the reply as an two nations directly involved, but intimation that the Japanese will to the world in general Ahold Chapai indefinitely to secure
other privilegos in China..
JAPAN RAISES NEW
OBJECTIONS
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
ין
¦
Pressing Appeal.
Twelve members of the oun- cit, other than the Chinose, and Japanese representatives, feel con
trained to make a pressing ap
pent to the Government of "Japan to reoognise the very special res ponsibility for forbearance. and restraint which has devolved upon. it in the present ecnfist in virtu of the position of Japan na amani- bar of the Longué of Nations and a permanent member of its Coun
But
GENEVA, Feb. 17. The Japanese delegation, at to day's meating of the Longue Council. cil, rained a legal point in conneb
The situation which has deve- tion with the Chinese applicasion loped in the Far East during the for a special meeting of the Assomb- past months will be fully studied y, claiming that Mr. W. N. You's by the Commission appointed with Hotter is not a definite request. the consens of both parties,
Japan also raised two other obsinos the Commission was set up juctions to the convocation adhiere have occurred, and are still events nut. Shanghai apecial Assembly meeting, the first occurring).
intensified have
public that such convention would be which illegal, beanne the Chinese ap. anxiety throughout the world, which plication 18 ronditional, and endanger the lives and interests of mucondly, because Japan had not the nationals of aumorchis countsica with which the whole world is faced agroad that the question should be
in the present crisis and threaten ta dealt with under Article XV.
throw new and serious obstacles ti the path of the Disarmament Con
Regret at Japan's Action.
The Council of twelve is of the pinion, in principle, that the Japanese objections are inadmisference.
ible, but, the President of the Council has been mathorised to pon- salt legal exports and draw ap a reply, which will be considered'às u fresh meeting at 5.30 p. 60-
morrow..
Force of No Uan.
The twelve members of the
Council are far from disregarding the grievances advanced by Japan and throughout all these months have given her the full confidence which they owed to aft associale of long standing, who has ever beun Léapos, Feb. 1.
punctilious. in the fulfilment of all The full Lext of the League her obligations and duties as a Connell's Nota to Japan was eir-
member of the community, of na culated by Sir John Simon in the
tions. They cannot But rogzet, 'how- House of Commons to-night,
The Note points out, ater alin, ever, that she has not found it that no permanent solution can be possible to make full use achieved by forer, whether military woothods of peaceful settlement pro Or merely aconcmie, and that the vided in the Covenant and recall once again the solomn undertaking longer the present situation con- Ainues, the wider the breach of the Pact of Paris that the solu tween China and Japan and the tion of international disputes shal
novor be sought by other than difßeul will the solution
peaceful means.
Become.
Pointing out.that since the League Commission was appointed there Have been avonta in Shanghai which have intensided worldwide public anxiety, the Note makes a Bnal dramatic appeal.
Japan has the incalculable re- sponsibility before world opinion to be just and restrained in her Tolations with China.
Twelve members of the Council appeal to Japan's high aanse of dhonour to recognise the obligations of her special position and the con- fidence which other nations placed in her as a partner in the organisa- tion and maintenance of peace."
..
FULL TEXT
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Ruany, Feb. 17.
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China's Position.
of the
"They cannot but recognise that in the conflict which is taking place on her territory, Ching has put her case in the hands of the Longue and has agreed to ad cept ita proposals for a peaceful settlement.
The twelve members of the Council recall the terms of Article Ten of the Covenant by which all the members of the Longua have undertaken to respect and pre serve the territorial integrity and oxisting political independence of all the members of the League,
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LONDON, Feb. 10. The London Morning Post, in leading anticlo on the League's appeal to Japan, expresses the opinion that it is van to expect the League of Nations to secure a settlement in the Far East"whare, Britain, the United States and" France have failed
The article stresses the League's argument that no permanent solu- eica can be, achieved by force, mili- targ economic," for the benahita of the militant Socialists and paci- sts who are clamouring for an bconomic "boycott of Japan.".
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BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE, J
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ANOTHER VOTE OF CENSURE
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(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Feb. 17.
The Morning lost also trusts that these words will be also digested by The House of Commons to-night, the Chinese, who are "buoyed up by 415 votes to 39, rejected, an by false hopes of the League of Opposition vote of consure on the Nations, with the navies of the Government for failing to initiate world behind it."
effective measures to re-construct the economie life of Britain."
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