reply for the Foreign Ofice, may hep yep. Eeend comes to Task whether any effort has een made at Geneva either by the Tapanese representatives or by the Gounell—wel, the matter was taken out of the hands of the Council b China—but by the Committee the Assembly, ite. technical committee of 21, to present the alterna tive, to. frame" the " alternative, evidently had in mind—a. subject take the place of 2 Manchoukuo established by Japanese arms and only retained. by them and the re-Storation of the old. status" quo which they declared to be impossible, not perhaps possible that, 1 fenowing Out that" indication" in the Lytton Report, there may Feconclled the admitted interests of that country—something the nature of a really autonomous and free State, requiring help no doubt in the beginning to establish itself, but a State which is autonomous and still part of the Chinese Empire, a State which observes its treaty obligations to Japan. as a condition of Japan's observance of its treaty to. it, safegua: those lar which protection' to vital interests. of Japan. which the nations of the world have resomnlsed they arg to have both in the existing in the future Manchuria?
Non-Recognition Agreed Upon Eden (Under Secretary for Affairs:—The Committee chaps be aWare that the Assonbly setup a commit ice of 22. nations charged with Watching "the events in "the Far East, and the work upon which it"has been engaged, marder. carry out the 'Resolution "of" the 'Assembly in February, has. been the necessary technical work in con fection with the non-recognition of Manchoukuo. That work has. been done, and what I might call the vachinety of nor-recognition has Seen' aureed upon by that" Committee, Mr. Nunn:—I wish to apologise to the Committee for asking them to return to the subject which has been very lightly dealt with this afternoon, I Was unfortunately not able to be present when the Lea: fof the Opposit jon made game reference to what hax been going la the Far East, and 1 trust that the Committee will accord me some minutes. in which there. Those. problems may seem tant. We have been our own door. Although the Enat is a very distant spot on the lems ate very close ly united' with our own.
This: country is more interested ing unemployment than in' anything else; the Far Eastern prolem is so closely united with that question that I do not feel that, I ought to have apologised to the Committee for asking them listen' to. me. For the last 20 years, China has failed to make any marked progression. There Wasa decided progressive move: tment throughout the Far East 23 years ago when there was a desire BMataln to some form of deme: Cratie Government—auite a laud. sBleaeive have 9o doubt at That desire disturbed the whole of} democracy "has or.
the arrangements of Ching, "and ince that time progression hax eon held up. Had China' been Progressing "at the same rate uring the last 28 years, this coun: {ey Would: have bees providing for for, ""\pasticalariy "in heavy Materials, as_much in the way of foods as" would have made ¥ery Sciuable contribution to our "unemployment problem.
The Speaker's Belief That is my excuse for carrying fathered fromthe. spose of" Gnder Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs that a reference fan cen made t0 the work of the ague of Nations in the. dispute Deween Japan. gnd-Chian.
fall think alike on the subject the League' of Nations, butt Think that We, all agree. that that [particular problem "wes \threshed feat in Genova—although not per Babs, aa we thought it was going fob. When. the: Under-Seeretasy sid "that.the -League- of. Nations str not entirely Jcontact with China was that he was 'League: has been only. a diplomatic representative the ventilating' thie question ina. this country, but was a trusted in" which it" would. not_ otherwise jad Wiser of the Chinese. Although I do have been. As the Under-Secretary not in any way deprecate giving the Pointed out, it has left matters League of Nations every oppor the' Position that Manchoukuo does do what it can towards the problems of China exist im the eyes of the League putting as a recognisable straight, T'feel that the time has rived when we should attempt t0 portant to Manchoutuo, but 1t-wil recover something of our old posi rave. the effect that, 30" long as that tion and prestige in that country, id: T hope that, if. pone bts hee wil all be would arise, an opportuni shou take her steps with extreme care, necessity resting spon Japan is' I believe it may, for a change in our representation in and' o remember that the rest of China, His Majesty's Government the World have. tht epee upon ill make. a very strong point of deavouring to get our representa. tion not one of those who believe pat Ju ands which "wil not was entirely and|the: chinese' capable, but will imy with something of ut that Japan had grown ime [El Drests patient, that she realised' that Anxious for Help Something drastic had. to be done, and, although she was prepared, It is @ very vital question, The Chinese are anxious at the present with some urging, to take the ques tion' to Geneva for arbitration, she moment, fully believe, to Join bay was not prepared to see the whole nds with us and with any of the other of the Far East going into utter we or three mations who may disorder without making. some at-be willing and able to help them. tempt. to do something herself to Tam convinced, from conversations 1 ut things straight. I-believe that have had, that the Chinese will we have an entirely wrong idea of welcome any friendly nation the position of Japan in relation to sisting them to put. their house China. Tt is a physical impossibility Order, "At present the Norther or any other nation, rea ik reasonably quiet. Te in true ever to conquer an area of coun: lat General Li Chi-chun made an try which is occupied almost enrursion into the Northern territory. tirely by Chinese. I had the pici ether riy, ut 1 think sure of suggesting the other day predecessor did which wil b ly go on & foreign voyage, very eminent Chinese statesman, who is at present in this country, al I to the good of China, North of that there ate certain points of Peking there isa more or resemblance between this country. tablished area, South of Peking, and China. One is that both of us until we come to the region which have been conquered several times, more or less under the control of but neither of us has been obser! the Cantonese, here is a great aren, ed; and nothing can ever absorb with a ulation of something Uke the Chinese, 170,000,000, which is, at any" rate nominally, governed from Nanking Chinese Emigration That Government. has recent made Chinese go to a new country plain that it desires, within the settle there, but they remain its where it ix at any rate in Chinese. ° Their' greatest deatre, nominal control, to do something of when they know that death is neat re al_value in restoring law and them, is. that their bones. 3 order, and I think we can' do no be taken, back for burial in: Chin work for our fellow-T'have known many Chinese "who er eat sin the Far East, or for have gene the whole of their and our industries, than in pla British joy assisting the Nanking Govern Where they have actualy become [ment tu the Dest. way who have gute certainly that we eu Conveniently niaintained their own factual lending of experts, *0 get and by the domestic households in. Malaya, order. stabished Sri" tht great find also, for the purposes of "oe: Yangtze Valley. Tt is. not only "visita to "Chita, another qaeation of getting order eatabli Household there=who have "been heres it question of stemming entirely associated with the coun-fry in which they ing, bat, at the same time, have remained at heart' Chinese. "Therefore, when People say that they fear Japan in Foord "to. what it happening in China, there is one thing. which they "need "not fear and that that ang apanese Government can fever "override entirely any Which "is occupied by, an overyhel= thing. proportion: of Chinese. That, However, "does "not. prevent Japan from doing what she can, within Featonable limits, "to "assist the neve to put their own affairs in one abd Th ithe tide of disorder which is very likely indeed to pour in uy m the Yangtze Valley from the and from the done soon, if we do not. back ig HE, tamething up the mere ang ful of men who fare trying at the present moment put things straight there, T four th ari ive again.
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