Japan's "Campaign of Aggresing, Aug. 29.
In.a speech delivered here to-day, r."Lo Wer-kan, the Foreign Minis: ter, referred to. developments "in Manchuria. and. categorically con denied the Japanese actions theres, The "speech was. in' reply to. the one "Ueliyered by" Goant Venida, the Minister for' Foreign Mice, Dr Lo tad the gauntlet against the. con
RSet. Seite, the Minister For Avlivered before the Japanese, Die woe word Theo speech Affairs, laid bare Japan's intentions 20. completely. that' she Moed not seek any pretext in the fur Ser Dresecation gf her scheme aggression. in China. Ignoring fentreatiea for peace of all humanity, defying the League of Nations and any other machinery of peace, disregarding her obligations aisum-Jed under solemn international treat es, Japan has' told. the world, in effect, that she has the ight to invade the territory of China, to seize. the three eastern provinces, set up " puppet government and jeall it an independent state and, nally ta shape and coral its des Become one political entity in name iny unity Japan and. her Pu
jas well as in fact.
Count Uchida's thesis is, indeed, a tale of medieval militarism guised Japan has pleaded self-defence Yor twentieth century lan
fat her act of aggression, and. she tena beyond, the territory" of the ower exercising that right. ani Power from availing itself of that ight at its own discretion.
Such @ pernicious argument re an attempt on the part Jiapan to destroy the validity of the Ami War Pact altogether.
could be accepted by the other signatory Powers as a Correct in-Rerpretaticn of that. epoch-making treaty, then the whole" document would be a sham and the nations Which have renounced war as. instrument of national policy would em to have regzrved the Fight fight an aggressive war on. the territory of & neighbouring Power, point of pact, the signatory Powers of that' famous. treaty, cluding Japan, mutually agree that the settlement or solution of all dis putes, all conflicts of whatever 1 ture or of whatever origin they might be, which might arise among them, shall never be sought except pacific means. If Japan had really" suffered injuries. to her important. rights "and "interests "in china, as she now seems to contend, she could have resorted to any jof the pacific means known in inter-rational law to seck due redress from the" Chinese Gover Without even bringing an complaint to the knowl tional Government Japan on the ight of September 18, 1981, cause her troops to open sudden and finproveked attack on the Chinese risen in Shenyang (Mukden) and that city, by force and then deliberately and progressively ex-fended her military operations until ithe whole of Manchuria is now under her occupation and control.
To plead self-defence under such cumstances nly. aggravates, the the tered words of Col. Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of State for the United States of America, "a nation, which sought imperialistic policy under the feuise of defence of its nationals would soon be unmasked." Japan has already unmasked herself.
is a highly preposterous assertion that the puppet. organisation fereated and supported by Japan her felt hae achieved. its independence through the spontaneous wil of the Manchurians and that the Nine-Power Treaty does not forbid any separatist. movement in China not recognition by Japan of any new Sato formed asia result of fuch "The whole world knows that in the three eastern. provinces there has never been separatist bat there el Tt is the Japanese mil have brought all the theatrical paraphernalia to Manchuria and set up fon the stage a bogus government styled by the epithet of the independent state of Manchukuo. It is the It is the Japanese tarists who are browtimidating and oppressing 000,000 citizens of Manchuris fare' subjects of the Republic of China and prevented them by sheer force from asserting their own spontaneous will. Geographically, Historically and psychologically. the three eastern provinces remain a part of the Chinese territory the inhabitants in these provinces will remain loyal citizens of the [Chinese Republic. Japanese troops, once withdrawn, the bogus organi-[sation will at once collapse like pack of cards.
Tf there were in China a separate list movement in the true sense of the term, the Nine-Power Treaty might not be brought into play as that treaty is not designed to re-Jgulate questions'in China of a pure-Ty domestic nature. But when a part of the Chinese territory has been forcibly seized and occupied by Japan who maintains therein an Jganisation of there is not the slightest doubt that
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