Geneva, Oct. 11.
At the request of the Japanese Government the Secretary-General at the League of Nations, Sir Eric
Jove reply of the 9th to the Chinese Note of the th October. has published the Japan-
The Japanese Note says that the withdrawal the Japanese troops in Manchuria into the railway one la conditional on the security of the railway and of the Japanese. residents in Manchuria, Tt states that the urgent task of the moment is for both Governments to ce-operate in calming national feeling in both countries, after which the Japanese troops could return to the railway zone and Japan would be ready. enter into negotiations with China immediately. "Tt states that the ob-Jett of the operation undertaken bj ong the Sout lay was to remove, by preventive action, the mena: which might arise from. the over Whelmingly superior Chinese army.
The head of the Chinese delegation tothe League of Nations, Dr. Alfred Ste, to-day communicated to the Secretary-General, Sir Erie Drummond, a statement he had received from "Navking dated October 9, Tnting to the bombing of Chinchow by the Japanese forces, with "considerable damage." In this statement the Chinese Government begs the Council of the League of Natior to take urgent measures to safe gourd the peace. It invites the League to send a commission of enquiry to Chinchow to draw up a Feport on the incident—Reuter.
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