United States delegation, then opened HIS speech wil the declaration that it. the conception ange by, violence should prevail we should be, faced by international anarchy.
"Respect for treaties and obser vance of the pledged word," tie said, Nig the one immutable foundation on which the structure of peace can be Dullt. On no other basis can an equitable and lasting solution of the Sino-Japanese conflict be found."
Japan, he continued, had declined. the invitation 0. the Conference, where they would" have welcomed full explanation of her side of the case regarding the incidents which Jed to the outbreak of hostilities aswell as the underlying causes of the wet se ving causes of to the invitation to depute a repre She had replied equally negative
Sentalive to exchange views' with Small number of Powers chosen "by the Conference." Such an: exchange views, Mr Davis fiated, woud fave been within the framework of the Nine-Power reaty'and In con formily with its provisions Ecrvicos to be, managed. and aeropl tobe supplied, ty Sapann Some Japanese militarists, it also believed, demand that Japan should have her own concessions at various Treaty ports, for example, in Shanghai, Foochow, Amoy, and Can ton, and also that Japan should retain the islands on the coast which she now holds for aerial bombing stations in aso of anti-Japanese agitation in the interior of China or China's failure to carry out the peace terms.—Reute Soviet delegate, for Moscow is the main topic of discussion to-day among delegates to the Nine-Power The move is regarded as a protest against attempts to squeeze Russia Out of the proposed smaller mediation committee. Before his departure, Litvinoff called on Mr. Norman Davis and Mr. Anthony Bden, the heads of the American and British delegations, /M. Potemkin, the Soviet Ambassador In Paris, 1s remaining here, and will Need the Soviet delegation—Reuter.
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