greet the of members League Commission of Inquiry. Acing to a survey by the Kuo Min Agency, all the principal "Shun Pao," "Sin Wan besides playing up in prominent_type news of the. impending arrival of the Commission, devote columns of editorial comment exposition of the hopes entertained by the Chinese nation towards the Commission.
"Our hope, is extremely simple and prosaic," the "China Times' declares. "it is our firm conviction that the League Covenant and the Anti-War Pact provide the ideal means of preserving world pei Promating the common weal of yumanit and settling of international disputes. What we demand is simply, and nothing more than, the preservation of our State soverjeignty, independence, and our terri- di torial' and political " integrity,—a [condition of things which undern and is guaranteed by the Nine-Power Washington Treaty."
Continuing, the paper says: "What we venture to expect of members of the Commission is simply that they will assess and Jiudge all. the fact of this com-Plicated and extraordinary case, well as all arguments pro and leon relating thereto, strictly in the ight of the letter and spirit of the League Covenant, the Anti-War Pact and the Nine-Power Treaty. sss... China has no desire to prejudice the judgment of the Commis. sion with any preconceived. views She is ready to accept and abide by the verdict of international law and agreements, of international right ind wrong. here to-day will prove themselves the strongest champions of international law and justice, and that with their unquestioned ability and impartiality, they will be able fully to establish' the rights and wrongs of the ease."
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