Criticism of the reported, decision of The. Jepaneto authorities to loceupy Jehol jin advance. loateome of the action a taken Manchuria generally. It gives the [Lytton Commission neither more nor less ground for its report to cover, except in the purely geographical sense, The also reported [statement that this occupation does not imply an intention to extend the Jaren of military action southwards will, of course, be accepted. It must linevitabiy, however, be ranked,, in the cautious mind, with similar lclaimers which, by force of cir~ feumstances mo' doubt, have merely [been the preliminary to action taken their subsequent disregard. Ever Since Septeber last the Japanese military" authorities—and quently, if later, the Japanese Gov-fernment—have been in the position lof the surgeon who attempts an amputation of the leg only at the {foot and then, finds by reason of the Ispread of the canker, that it is Inecessary ever to cut further than iwas first expected, until eventually the Knife bar to be applied to the thigh itself.
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