Surprise and perplexity was cxpressed this morning in official circles at the unexpected action taken bby the Council of the League of Nations in presenting a resolution the terms of which. Reuter learns from Jan authoritative source, are such that la largely impossible for} Javan to accept it Emphasising their inability. to understand the circumstances which prompted the Council of the League draw up the retolotion. offal circles intimate that the Japanese! Government had already accepted suggestions made by both M. Briand, the President, and Sir Erle Drom-Jmond, the Secretary-General of the! League, with regard to modifying a formula for the purpose making the latter acceptable to the segue, consequently Japanese off cial circles felt confident that result of their acceptance of the stiggestions everything would go smoothly.
Tt seems that Sir Erie Drummond lad prepared three alternative formulae, any one of which considered acceptable to the League The Japanese Government instruct delegate, Mr. Yoshizawa, {to intimate that Japan, was. prepared to accept the first of these three formulae with slight modifica ion, this formula ready been arrived at between M. Briand and Mr. Yoshizawa on the basis. of the five fundamental! points Laid down by Japan.
instructions should have reached Mr, Yoshizawa. yesterday' morning in' ample time for the meeting of the Council.: For this} reason the Javanese Government presumed that this, the first of the three formulae prepared by Sit Erie Drummond, would be the one [presented at the Council meeting snd consequently the Government greatly taken aback on learning
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