Nov. 21
As there loomed the certainty of another deadlock due to the Chi ese plans to insist upon con: tion of China's demands that Japan—ese troops evacuate Chinese territory, the Japanese delegation suggested that if a neutral commission. Of inquiry is sent to Manchuria have as its Chairman Major General Charles P. Summerall, Fetired. General Summerall the Chief of Staff of the United States Army before General
ineunbent, Dousins MacArthur, the present The apparent sticking point in advance of the convening of the public session of the Council this afternoon was the declaration, that the Japanese delegates will insist that the question of despatching a omission of inquiry to Mancnu: bbe Kept separate from the issue arising from demands that Japanese troops evacuate Chinese territory. The Japanese remain firm in. their contention that there can be no evacuation of, Chinese territory until "direct" Sino-Japanese diplo-the] terview with the jeategorically denied tt nese have accepted ciple" the plan for armistice, e|mach less the Japanese that a commission of inquiry despatched to. Manchuria—United Press.
Nov, 21. japan's proposal that a Commis sion of Inquiry should be sent to Manchuria and China, to investi gate conditions on the spot was seeepted by the Council of the Nations at its public session to-day, as the best and surest method of the disputes, between Japan which have led to the present Jdangerous situation in Manchuria.
The public session of the Council laponed at 4.40, but a large queue assembled long tofore the opes-ing of the doors, and the small space reserved for diplomats and the lie was crowded half an hour before the arrival of the delegates.
Briand, summing up the situa. tion, pointed' oat that since their last meeting the Council had endeavour. Jed to find a pacific settlement the question based on Article XI of the League Covenant. 'The resolution of the Council of September 30, he said, retained its force and the Council' must seek appropriate!
of realising the provisions as soon as possible.
Turning to the Japanese and Chinese representatives, and asking them to state their a thizawa was the first He said that Japan fully resolution of the! [Council of September 30, both in spirit and in letter. But Chin declared, had openly professed' a policy of the unilateral denunciation' Jot treaties and had undertaken an open campaign against foreigners. She had endeavoured to deny the legitimately "acquired rights nese and Koreans in Marchuria Jand wished to take away from them the fruits of their labours, Tt was following these allegations that Mr, Yoshizawa suggested tha:
commission should be sent to the spot under the auspices of tha League to gather unbiassed information on the situation. The Commission, he said, should have no man-Jéate to intervene in the SinoJapan-Jose negotiations, nor to. supervise the movements of forces, but subject {to these conditions Japan was prepared to withdraw her troops within lway zone with the least pos sible delay.
Alreedy, ho said, Japan had] brought back a certain number troops.
Dr. Alfred Sze, the chief of ths Chinese delegation, replying to, the propowsl, eaid that the Japanese military occupation of Chinese territory, in violation of solemn treaties and the League Covenant, was the eux of the situation.
io suggestion, said Dr. Sze, which failed to provide for the immediate eeseation of li military operations and for the withdrawal of the Japanese forces—a withdrawal to. set in motion immediately and to be progressively executed in a very short time—could provide a solution of the problem.
nese Government, he said, could not bargain for the withdrawal of the Japanese troops or conant that withdrawal being made dependent_on anything else than the ar-ringing of details" for securing the safety of Life and property in the evacuated area, Dr. Sze re~alfirmed that China was] pi spared to. assume full respon-SLY for the maimtemines of order and the security of life and property of Japanese nationals i chu sapere nellonals in Mascara rea of the South Mar: churia Ruilway and if further a surances were: deemed necessary, Reasonable arrangements _jnvolvi neutral ce-operation under the auspices of the League would be ac-Continoingy, he declared the issue ws plain. The {ime had come
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