SOMEWHAT hopeful situation in the Sino-Japanese peace deadlock exists at present, as according to a message from tanking the compromise plan suggested by Sir Miles Lampson, the British Minister to China, with a view to an early resumption of the negotiations has been found acceptable to the Chinese Government, "The terms of the plan have not been made known nor can it be said that the plan has received the acceptance of the Japanese Government, who still remains adamant on the time-limit for the withdrawal of the forees.
While the situation in Shanghai remains thus in a state of suspense, attention is being increasingly focussed on Mai churia, where the Lytton Commission has arrived during the week to conduct investigations. An unhappy situation has arisen over the attitude of the new Manchurian Government in regard to Dr, Wellington Koo, the Chinese assessor on the Commission, who has been forbidden from entering the state. Dr. Koo has been threatened with arrest and capital punishment, if he wel to go against the order of the Manchukuo Government, as the new state is known, The situation is rather delicate as it is feared that complications might arise if the new Government carries out its threat.
The question will be discussed at Janother meeting of the committee, four a date for this meeting has not yet been fixed.
eneral discussions on the!
tutions, MI. Benes proposed that the Mixed "Commission at }Shanghai should decide the moment for the evacuation of the Japanese troops, but Sir John Simon, the inion tha Fore
"he com pense" Fioally, "the, epresentative of the Irish Pree State re-Jcommended asking the mixed commission at Shanghai to submit their Jown suggestion in this connection [to the Assembly and there, for. the time being, the matter was left.
'A. question was, also raised regarding the participation of the American representative in the farther work of the mixed commission but it was felt that there was no [doubt that America would take her part as before.
In addition an allusion was made by some delegates to the Japanese attitude towards the committee of 19, but the general opinion seemed fob, that there. would be Bo objec: tion "to Japan appearing Jcommittee although she objected to dieewston with Dre W. W. Yen, the chief Chinese delegate, Wednesday, April 20
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