Feb. 29. a this" morning, editorially condemns Lord Cecil's attitude on. the Shanghai crisis as exhibited in the letter "The Times" on February 18 sigaed_by himself, Sir Arthur Salter, Charles Addis, Mr. Arthur Haworth Mr. A.D. Lindsay and Gilbert Murray, and in his ind, in the course of a speech wray, when be called. for the League of Nations, backed by the United States, formally to demand an armistice and the establishment of a neutral zone, 'The letter to "The Times," it may be recalled contended that submission to, "military dictatorship" Japan in the Far East would have astrous repercussions in. and elsewhere' in the Empire, urged that Great Britain should secure American ce-operation and that the League should exert diplomatic "and economic pressure." to compel Japan to respect the collective system of sanctity of treaties.
In the course of an editorial. today, the "Morning Post™ says: "In the' name of peace and sanity we protest against these. threats and Presjudgments.. If Japan is really the wrong, the frst step. should be to drive her out and restore the occupied region te China. If China the wight, the other Powers fare no. mote entitled to neutralise hey territory than Japan to invade The journal observes that Lord Cecil forgets all about the anarchy, outrages, robberies and lawlessness which, it asserts, have forced not only Japan but other Powers to use strong. measures, Japan's defence is their defence."—Renter.
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