AM, Boncour referred to the action jot the Powers in the Far East, Jespecially to the negotiations pro: iceoding Iceally which seemed to af-{ford good chances of a concrete The principle of a neutral zone seemed to be agreed to, and it only remained to settle the ils in order to bring about a cessation of hostilities.
Dr. Yen asked leave to submit. to the Council, at a later stage, a full statement of the Chirese coco. He argued that as hostilities were not only at Shanghai but ipossible for self to the Jament= able events in Shanghai. The Chinese asked for a cessation of the Jattacks and for the evacuation Chinese territory and for a settlement by. pacific means of all putes between Chi and Japan. practically corroborated his reports to the Counci, Referring to the Tt part of that report, Dr, Yen said the. boycott twas not the cause but the result fof Japanese aggression. "The bey Jcoté would die a natural death when the Japanese troops were withdrawn from China. There was no animosity against Japanese merchants.
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