Geneva, Sept. 15.
China occupied the centre of the stage here to-day when Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese Ambassador to France, addressed the Assembly of the League of Nations regarding the Sino-Japanese dispute.
The Far Fastern situation, on account of its utmost gravity, declared Dr. Koo, called for urgent action by the League. The Chinese Government, he proceeded, having formally appealed to the Council invoking Articles X, XI and XVII, it was now for the Council to decide whether to. proceed itself to consideration and action, refer the question to the Assembly, or refer it to the Advisory Committee on the Sino-Japanese Conflict established by the Assembly at the time of the Manchurian incident.
"For two months," Dr. Koo continued, "my country has been subjected to armed aggression from Japan, which has despatched to China over 300,000 troops, scores of warships and hundreds of military aeroplanes in pursuit of political domination and territorial conquest.
"The Japanese army, equipped with the most deadly instruments of war, has attacked and occupied
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