The Archive · 1937

Pessimism Expressed

London, Nov, 13

"Japan wishes to have nothing to do with the Brussels conference and this is the end of the conference," states the "Manchester Guardian" today in an editorial discussing the future prospects of the conference. The paper declares that the conference would therefore do best to admit frankly that it had failed to accomplish its task and to inform the League of Nations accordingly. A session of the latter might then be convoked to decide upon the further course of action.

The "Manchester Gua: ever, points out that in v attitude taken by the United States government which on several occasions stressed that the Brussels conference was completely independent of the League of Nations the conference might nevertheless continue its endeavours "although the results achieved at Brussels so far hardly justify the hope that these endeavours; will be successtul!—Trans-Ocean.

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