After extending a cordial welcome the Commission, shun Pao" points out that the Commission. represents, not any of the Parties to the dispute, but the im-Partial and disinterested League of Nations. In the carrying out of its difficult task, the Commission must. of necessity' look to the League Covenant for guidance Jof the League Covenant, the paper One of the underlying. principles continues, is the absolute equality lof member-States in the eyes of the Covenant. This principle, it recalls, had been unequivoc affirmed by M. Briand, the late distinguish-Jed French statesman, during the Greco-Bulgarian controversy of
Japan that Chi not an. "or: 1025, contention made by Ranised state titled to equal treatment as a mem ber of the League is therefore en-{tirely untenable. tion made by the Commission during its recent sojourn at Tokyo that twill carry out its duties atritly in the position of an unbiased third party. "The paper expresses condence that the Commission sill adhere throughout its work to this correct attitude, Mutual respect by the members Jof the League for each other's terrial and political integrity, the Paper continues, lies at the very foundation of the League. Article X of the Covenant which guarantees this integrity forms therefore
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