Denilitarisation of Area With Japan Permitted Share of Development 'HE report of the League Commission of Enquiry into the Sino-"Japanese dispute was released at Geneva and other world capitals on Oct. 2.
The Commission, which was headed by Lord Lytton, signed the report in Peking on September 4 after spending dome months in the Far East investigating the situation arising out of the Mukden incident of September 18, 1991.
The report itself is very lengthy document but below will be found the oficial sum-may.
The report of the Commission of ly describing: the Tights and in-Enquiry into the Sino-Japanese dis-{erests of the two countries in Man-pas, Hlzned in Peking on Septem churia, "which provide the funda> 1982, contains ~an introduc mental causes of the dispute; tion und "ten chapters. "Special studies "on various subjects ate, 2. 'The more recent, specific is-more wer, added to the report in gues which "immediately" preceded form' of annexes; furthermore, the actual outbreak of the' dispute fan' appendix, containing detailed were then examined, and the course dications of' the itinerary followed of events since September 18, 1931, by "the Commission. "and described. Throughouy this. review persons and organisations of the issues, the Commission states viewed, is included. In. this. apthat it. has justed less on the Tes= bendix a list will also be found ponsibility for past action than on the documentation submitted the necessity of finding means to the Commission by each of the two avoid their repetition "in" the parti appendix' and. the future. special studies annexed to the Re-5, Pinally, the Report concludes ort will be published at a ater with some reflections and considera: tions submitted to the Council upon The Introduction the various issues with which it 13 The introduction starts by recallcentrontel, and with tome stage the circumstances in which the fons on the lines on which it seems possible to the Commission to effect Sino-Japanese dispute was brought before the Council of the League of 4 durable solution of the conflict Nations, as a result of the events re-establishment of @ good which took place at Mukden on the uMlerstandingg between Japan and night of September 18, ° 1931, (appeal by China under Article The Itinerary Followe gf the Covenant on September 21, Before reaching -Manchur' {93i)" and. the. subsequent action tact was established with the taken ty" the Counal, the outcome which was the appolatment of and with representatives of various Governments, of Japan and 'Chinn the "Gommistion' by the Resolution shades, of opinion in both countries, fu, December 10, 1081. in order to ascertain. the—nature-{ "The Commission Wis composed as of their respective Interests. The Commission arrived in Tokyo on H."E. Count Aldrovandi aS
General "de Division Henri Claudel (French); 'The Rt. Hon. 'The' Earl of Lytfom Po, Cc.8, G.ci, (Bet Major-General Frank Roos Me-(American): LIB. Dr. Heinrich Schnee (Ger-
Before leaving Burope for the Far Enst by way of America on -Bebruaty, 6) 1082, the 'Commission weld two. mostings in Geneva course of which Lord Lytton' was imaninously elected Chairman. The Governments of Japan and Eh subsequently appointed as their as Mr. Isaburo Yoshida, Ambassador of Japan in Turkey, and 'HE Dr. Wellington Koo, Former Prime Minister, and Former, Minister for Foreign Affairs of China.
League Secretariat, was designated Me, Robert Haas, Divecor of tha to act as Secretary General of the Commission. In the course of its work the Commission was also assisted by. the technical advice of A. few days before the departure of the Commission, on January, 29, the Chinese Government submitted a further appeal to the League of Nations under Article 10, 11 and 15. of the Govenant, and Febuary 12, 1932, the Chinese representative requested the Council to submit the dispute to. the League Assembly in, accordance with paragraph 9 the Covenant. further instruct from the continued to interpret its mani according to the Council's Resolation of December 10, which includ 1. An examination of the issues between Japan and China, including the causes, development and status at the time of the Enquiry; A consideration of a possible solution of the SinoJapancse dispute, which would reconcile the fundamental interests of the two countries. it remained for about weeks: until June 4, and. visit to Peking ion After "se and Tokyo in June and July, the Commission finally "settled down in Peking July 20, where the drafting of the Report: was undertaken, Chapters 1, 11 and TI: Beckground present conflict Chapters T, I and It explain how the events in Mukden of September 18, 1931, were but the outcome of a long'chain of minor occasions of friction, veen China and Japan, knowledge of the essential factors in the recent. relations. of the two countries is necessary complete understanding of the present conflict. The national pirations of the Republic of China, Policy of the (of se Empire and of the former Empire, the ion of communism from the U.8-S. R, the economic and st gie needs of there three countries euch" matters are considered as factors of fundamental any" study of the problem, "A' detription of ome of most also essential to determine why, and how, Manchuria has become a centre of conflict, and what problems ought {to be dealt with in vi po manent settlement of the dispute, if this state of conflict is to be replaced in the future by a real re-Jconeiliation of fundamental inter-sts, Chapter T. recent developments i China", The dominating factor in China modernization of ing ip Cina, The Commission's Conception of ite Mission The Commission's conception of its. Mission, which determined. the programme of its work and itinerary, and -which equally guided the plan of the report, is stated as Ap attempt has been made to provide' an histories! background civil wars, social and economic unrest, with the resulting weakness of the" central" govern= ment, have been the characteristics China since the revolution of 011." "These conditions have versely affected all the nations with which China has been brought into jeontaet, and until remedied will
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