United States delegation, then opened his speech with the declaration that if the conception of change by violence should prevail we should be faced by international anarchy.
"Respect for treaties and observance of the pledged word," he said, "is the one immutable foundation on which the structure of peace can be built On no other basis can an equitable and lasting solution of the Sino-Japanese conflict be found."
Japan, he continued, hed declined the invitation to the Conference, where they would have welcomed a full explanation of her side of the case regarding the incidents which led to the outbreak of hostilities as well as the underlying causes of the conflict.
She had replied equally negatively to the invitation to depute a representative to exchange views with a small number of Powers chosen by the Conference. Such an exchange of views, Mr. Davis stated, would have been within the framework of the Nine-Power Treaty and in conformity with its provisions.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.