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was-sunk swiftly mass- but ed her

astern Army at Boyarkov, on the Amur River. Although a peaceful settlement was reached, the Russo-Japanese exchanges were heated and it was believed in Tokyo that Rus- sia used the occasion to show that the Red Army, despite re- cent troubles was prepared for action

Hong Kong, Monday, Sept. 27, 1937.

THE CASE FOR SANCTIONS

Not only dis Amur River incident show

that

that

on

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As events are moving, levident that the signatories

the Nine-Power Treaty cam long remain indifferent to the Isituation m the Far Ea

Japan's ruthless bombings of non-combatants in Canton, Han- kow and Nanking, with a cynical recklessness and disregard circumstances which could offer the remotest excuse, promise force them into joint action yond mere protests to Toky Already there is strong press; in London for the imposition of economic sanctions against Ja-signed to act effectively quite pan, the Trade Unions in Aus-apart from any possible develop- tralia have prepared their plansments on Russia's

strong

the Soviet,

anity: against Japan. This ried out with little danger ropes si the Soviet

ble ma

ch

now massed in the Far East, the

for a complete boycott, and the From If the Soviet did inter surge of public indignation can- not have failed to impress itself vene in the Chinese strug

could do so with an immense on the two governments, prim- arily responsible for guidance, ghing machine, aided by a set

of strategies Britain and the United States Without their closest collabora and German experts have given to the tion, sanctions would be as futile imposed against strength Japan as were... the half power, hearted measures taken during the Abyssima war Between4odern nature of the Red Army them, even without the id ipment, and the high stand

ards of its soldiers. An English. directly or indirectly, of other

correspondent, Powers, they are in a position to throttle all that part of Japan's 10g from Manchukno a few trade which has not been already months ago, stated that 300,000 Soviet bayonets, 1,200 aeroplanes, sacrificed in China by her unde

and 70 submarines are nea clared war. The case for some such action has become so strong Vladivostok, and that on the Manchukão frontier the Bus- that it is difficult to see-row Britain and the United States stars are on the offensive, the can escape it without a direct Japanese meticulously unprovo

cative shirking of their responsibility

to civilisation and all that the Russia is doubtly concerned word implies. The issue has with the Sino-Japanese clash; passed out of the sphere of poli- territorially by her influence in tics and become an international Mongolia, and politically by her duty.

relations with the Chinese Com That action should come soon, munist Party It has been said before further complications de

that controls

velop, is, too, worthy of earnest westan controls

on

consideration. Mr. Arita, return- Cmna Mr Hirota has public- ing to Tokyo from a tour of ly expressed Japan's anxiety Manchuria, stated plainly his over tightening of the Russian opinion that the present quietude grip Sinkiang (Chinese on the border could not be ex-Turkestan); whilst only in March pected to last very long. It has the Soviet proclaimed a treaty of Ito be borne în mind that the "mutual assistance between her real issue in this conflict is not and Outer Mongolia a clear in- Shanghai but the control of timation that Japanese incur North China, and North China, sions into Mongolia from as one authority has put it chukuo would be resisted by offers a Far East triangle, force. Constant border clashes

sumple with Japan, China, and Russia would provide

as the three sides. What, then, for war, if Russia wis of the third side to the trianglez join China agains Is Russia quite immobilised, by an alliance would. internal troubles, as generally turally now thought? The Tokyo correspon- Nanking and dent of the "Daily Telegraph" have effected a r states that Russian troop move a united national ments of Lake Baikal are the Japanese, ins exceedingly heavy, and suggests viet Government that the possibility of Bussian tern, if openly disp intervention cannot be dismiss-Russian twins, ed. The xecution of the eight be ready to act generals undoubtedly had a facts.

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