Explanation for Japanese Move to Teave League Tokyo, Mar, 29.
Behind the movement to Japan's drawal from the League of Nations is the conviction. that the Island Empire should devote itself to Far Eastern problems and not become embroiled in European polities and world struggles One of the most influential per+ son ages in the Japanese Govern ment, who is strongly—supporting Japanese retirement from Geneva, made this statement to-day in ex: plaining that the basis of the move is not merely the fact that the League is attempting to apply Article 15 to the Manchorian situa tion, Declaring that Japan had joined the League in order to be in posi tion to intervene in European blems, this high official characteris= hq motive as "an empty mn." "The Japanese nati Said, now has come to recogni "diplomacy for the mere sake of friendship is useless and ineffec~ tual."—United Press.
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