To the Editor of the "Nonmt-Cuwa Darty News"
Sm—Dr. K.G. Mul, 1p, local spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Omice, in his letter appearing la your issue of the 17th instant under' the caption of the "Nine Power Pact—its application," attempts to show thal Chine—not Japan—is the breaker of the pact! With that point of view presumably being held in Japanese oficial circles, it would seem that there can beno question but that, ju the end, Japan. will attend the Nine Power Conference. It is, in fact, passing strange that. Japan' has rot long ago seen fit to call a meeting of the Nine Power group to bring concerted pressure on China, If China has "been transgressing 50 badly, it would seem that Japan has been failing in her duty in not bring Ing the transgressions to the council lable of the interested Powers, Possibly the reason for not having done so can be found in the fact that reference to any transgressions, which, when analysed, are mainly Imagifary, would but serve to draw the attention of the world to some real transgressions on the part of Japan in her infringements of Chinese rights and sovereignty.
Dr. Mui professes to be disturbed lover the fact that no "Board of Reference" has been called before which any questions arising in connection with the execution of Articles and V of the Nine Power Treaty may be referred for investigation and report. The allegation is made {that China has stood in the way of the formation of such a Board. A reading of the two articles in qucsion will be sufficient to show any {fair-minded person that it would be in China's interest to have an im-Partial Board set up wi a view to See.ng that the spirit of the articles tre carried out. For tue benefit of your readers the two articles are Quoted in full below:
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.