The Archive · 1937

Japan Already Judged

In his speech yesterday, Dr. Koo stated that the facts relating to Japanese armed aggression were examined by the representatives of 23 nations, whose unanimous report was approved by 51- nations, It was established that the Japanese army had invaded China and had assumed military control of large areas, including Peiping itself. and that the Japanese Government had taken naval measures to close the coast of China to Chinese shipping.

The weight of the mighty Japanese war machine, Dr. Koo declared, had been brought to bear on the harm= less Chinese people by land, sea and The Japanese military occupation of North China, he continued, practically covered three whole provinces ct the combined size of Britain and Germany, as well as part of Shantung and Shansi.

Obviously, the Chinese delegate erred, the present outbreak was merely a continuation of the policy of territorial expansion dating back to before the Mukden Incident in 1931 and the military occupation of Manchuria.

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