Geneva, Sept, 12.
communtqué presenting outline of efforts made by the Jap-nese authorities in China in com~ ating epidemics was issued here to-ay by the Japanese Permanent bureau, The Japanese. also accuse ne Chinese of having poisoned wells n several towns captured by Japan's oldiers, Japanese authorities took. efficient measures to quell the epidemic of bolero that raged in Kiukiang when he Japanese first entered that city n the Yangtze, it 1s stated, The ommuniqué adds, however, that a arge number of wells in both Klux long and Hsuchow had been found be polluted.
"The pollution of wells in districts shore no cases of cholera had been registered before leads to the belief hat certain Chinese elements have esorted to deliberate and systematic ction," the despatch concludes its Vice-Presidenits Elected The League of Nations Assembly lected eight Vice-President this afternoon, the men being the cqates of Britain, France, Switzer~ and, Sweden, Siam, Poland, Turkey ind Soviet Russia,' Mr, Eamon de valera, Premier of Eire, was pre= ously elected President, The chief Chinese delegate here, Dr. Wellington Koo, Ambassador to trance, conferred with M, Joseph "aul-Boncour, French delegate and ormer Foreign Minister, on the li tical and technical aspects of shina's appeal to the League Council or the enforcement of Article XVII the Covenant, Article XVIT provides for a League invitation to belligerent States, whether members of the peace body not, to submit their differences or investigation, Should one of the states thus invited not take ori, for Ihe purposes of the inquiry, memvership in the League as provided or, the Geneva body is free to en-ree Article XVI, involving the apication of sanctions,
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