eral integrity, smplete suppression of al organised movements interfering with freedom of trade, and also the stirring up of international hatred.
(4) Effective protection throughout Manchuria of all peaceful pursuits undertaken by Sapanese subjects.
(5) Respect for the treaty rights of Japan, in Manchu The situation, then, has been perfectly clear to China October 9 and to the League least since October 26.
While, therefore, the course action followed by Japan is consistent with the attitude adopted at the very outset of the crisis, it ly none the Jess re-grottable that those in command hi in Manchuria have progressed further than they probably originally intended at the commencement, and very much beyond what League circles apparently ever contemplated. The partial withdrawal from Kirin establishes some proof of the Japanese willingness to carry out their promise to retire when the safety of their nationals is This, however, hai offset by the advance the Nonni bridge even though it be for the purpose of making repairs which the Japanese claim the Chinese authorities failed to carry out despite their promise to do so. Regrettable though this undoubtedly is, it cannot be contended that Japan has done anything inconsistent with the attitude she adopted from the time she found that her cease did not gain the favourable ear of the League Council. It does not improve matters to put forward such a contention, but it w in arriving at a proper realisation of the facts of the case, if it is remembered that Japan has not been inconsistent and that every move she made has been predicated upon the stand she originally made before the League. It is lear then that so long as the Council fails to concede the Japanese pcint—that the whole of. the Sino-Japanese treaty relations are involved in what 20 view of all the circumstances.
'That serves to emphasise the seriousness of the situation. If the Council proceeds to denounce Japan as a violator of the rules of the League of Nations and the Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing' war, or urges the Powers to withdraw their Ambassadors from Tokyo, the general effect will be to declare Japan outlay If it goes still further and eventually resorts: to economic pressure, it will relieve Japan of whatever moral obligations it] may consider it still has towards the League of Nations and a state of affairs will be created infinitely worse than exists at the present time. Such a step' would be as grave a disservice to China as it would to Japan. In the long run the application fof such a sanction might prove
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