Later. amendment prejudice to the Council's duty of endeavouring to coneilia 0 as to assure the maintenance of peace and good understanding between nations."
'Mir. Adatchi said that there was gap in the Covenant of the League and it was their duty to fill it up. 'The Japanese delegate hoped, therefore,. that the committee' would Jagree to his amendment, which was the result of long and careful reflection.
Finally, Mr. Adatchi withdrew the amendment "under express tions on the whole protocol. point is not yet completely cleared up. Mr. Adatehi has not yet made up his mind, but he will probably: Snanlly give way.
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The Japanese Delegation has de-[clared inability to adhere to, Article VI of the disarmament protocol, which allows a country: to claim that a, matter in dispute Solely one of domestic jurisdiction.
Geneva, Sept. 28. longed and animated' discussion, The Flat Committee, after pro adopted the Chairman's report' the juridical portion of the protocol. An unexpected outcome wwas.the Japanese exception Article VI, not Avticle V, relating to the action of the Council in dealing with an aggressor State, Mr. Adatehi, in a. serious tone, read a declaration from the Japan-tse Delegation, the substance of which was as follows: "The. ideal of the League is to settle racifcally all conflicts between nations. The Graft protocol, however, does not make "good. the gaps in" the Covenant in that connexion, inasmuch as" Article XV" of the Covenant continues to permit. a State to. escape international investigation "under the pretext that a matter is within its exclusive competence even if the matter infringes the honour oF Drejadices the vital. interests of! another State. According to Article VIE of the protocol. the League, while' abstaining. from Tending' its pacific action to a State that hi Soon wronged, threatens to consider that State the aggressor should Adopt measures in defence of its legitimate interests: thus the draft Protocol would lead to the protec: ion of a State which rejected. the supremacy of the Court of Inter-ational "Justice and condemn State which simply asked. for. the impartial application. of justi The Japanese Delegation, which already experienced great accepting Article XV fof the Covenant, greatly regrets that it is unable to adhere to. the! iMlogieal aggravation and stipulation contained in Article VI of the Protocol." Senor Fernandez (Brazil) contended thatthe Japanese amendment was not in favour of the attainment of the object the Committee had in view and. therefore appealed for its with: drawal, 'The Chairman, M,—_Politis (Greece), favoured' the amendment, pointing out that there had. been exaggeration on both sides and that the present wording of Article VI was too rigid.
M. Roun (Belgium) declared that the amendment was not destructive Each State had a right to settle its own disputes, There were several heated inter-ludos in the course of the discussion, ion of the protocol in calmer atmosphere by a committee experts.
M. Loucheur (France) declared that if the Council did not do its duty any of the provisions of the protocol would be in vain, He Proposed that the Japanese amend ment should be referred to a sub: committee.
Thereupon the Committee rose, The protocol will now probably not come to the Assembly before Sept, 28, The newspapers emphasize the criticalness of the Japanese The "Echo declares that the protocol is tottering and threatened with rain, whatever settlement is reached, The "Aatin's" special correspondent at Geneva refers to the "tragic character of yesterday's sisting, and the indescribable emotion evoked by Mr. Adatehi's declaration," and is of the opinion tha: the Japanese will remain adament, Reuter.
Japan Unlikely to Give Way:
Germany's Memorandum on Terms of Entry Geneva, Sept. 29, the Disarmament. Protocol is now The Japanese difficulty as regards
being examined by a small committee of delegates of Britain, France, Italy and Japan.
The matter is engrossing attention here, Later.
The sub-commission headed by Sir Littleton Groom (Australi which is dealing with Mr. Adatchi"? amendment, did not meet this morning, but Mr, Adatchi had formal conversations with several members of the committee, Hitherto, a solution seems _remote, Many conoider it difficult, it not impossible, for the Japanes to give way—Reuter.
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