The Foreign Office in Tokyo to-Jday decided to ignore China's memorandum in reply to the Japanese wat protest against the spread of anti-Japanese sentiment Chisa as a definite move was: considered by the Japanese Government to postpone until next spring 1a decision by the Council of the League of Nations on the Sino-Jepanese crisis in Ofanchuria, rep) as being anxious that Japanese Government officials are
the League of Nations despatch to China a Commission to make a general investigation. In taking {this position Japan is not consenting to third party intervention but] she is seeking to place the League of Nations. in a position to obtain' impartial information as to the history and background of Sino-Japanese relations.
The proposal is that the Council of the League of Nations adjourn until next spring and then reach decision s to the Manchurian controversy on the basis of a report which would be submitted by an in-{ernational coramission of study and Investigatio Meanwhile, Japan remains ready] to enter into. direct. diplomatic negotiations with China for a settlement of the outstanding issues between the two Governments.
Speaking before representatives of all parties holding membership in the House of Peers, Baron Premier Reijiro Wakatsuki yesterday dis exssed the incidents in Manchuria.
"Unless a fundamental basis for the settlement of the present dis-utes between China and Japan is Yeached," Premier Wakatsuki told. the Peers of the Realm, 'Japan will not withdraw her troops from Manchuria'
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