Seattle, Nov. 4.
The five occupants of a large amphibian naval plane were killed when it collided to-day with a smaller naval machine, the occupants of which used parachutes and landed without injury.—Reuter "The Japanese claim that the situation in the Far East is difficult for the Occident to understand. The only difficult point to understand is the persistent aggression of Japan not only in violation of her pledges but in opposition to her real self-interest.
"It does no -credit to Japan, who always complains of the alleged lack of a stable and effective government in China, to have the civil part of her government give an assurance of her peaceful intentions one day only to be belied immediately by the actions of her military authorities."
Dr. Koo alluded to the "gigantic campaign of smuggling" in North China, which he said was designed to deal a financial blow to the Government at Nanking so as to disrupt Chinese integrity in North China and strengthen Japan's hold on it, Japan's refusal to attend the present (Continued on page 10) 4
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