To the Editor of the "Nomtu-Cinxa Dany News"
Sim—Strange statements have oftentimes come out of the mouth of the spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Office. The latest. statement was in reference to the Nine Power Treaty, which he deemd to reflect upon China's Sovereignty. He said that if China considered herself an independent nation, she should de-ounce itt First, I wish to say that the Nine. Power 'Treaty does not reflect upon China's sovereignty or independence, because China herself is one of the' signatories. The Treaty was entered into by the nine powers in 1922 lurider the special circumstances isting in the Far East. These elrcumstances required the eight powfers other than China to acknowledge China's political independence and territorial and administrative integrity, which had been infringed upon by Japan during World War.
encroachment on China wa: powers other than that such a treaty could not bind Japan and deter her from violently violating China's sovereignty and independence. To-day this Treaty exists, although ineffective, to re-fleet not upon China's sovereignty as. nation, but in reality upon Japan's honour in violating it.
Secondly, I wish to pdtht out that such a treaty of guaranteeing the Independence of one of its signatories is not derogatory to the dignity of the nation whose independence is so guaranteed. The guarantee of the independence of Belgium and Swit. zetland by other powers does not reduce in any degree Belgium's and Switzerland's standing in the family of nations as perfectly independent Hates. The new States created after the war by treaties of peace are today just as independent as and equal to those mations which signed the treaties.
Thirdly, T wish to say that no na-ition can ignore the fact that the Nine Power Treaty still exists today. If any simatory of the Treaty fs not satisfied with it, the proper way Is to call attention to the other signatories and make a revision of it, Tt is mot becoming to a great nation simply "to violate whatever treaties which it is not convenient for her to adhere to,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.