Combatants to Be Asked to Send Representatives Geneva, Sept. 21.
China's appeal in connection with her dispute with Japan came up today before the League Advisory Committee which, however, confined itself to a discussion of procedure.
All the 23 members of the Committee, including Mr. Leland Harrison, United States Minister at Berne, were present.
At the suggestion of Lord Cranborne (Britain), it was decided to ask China and Japan to be represented. Germany and Australia will also be invited. Invitations will be cabled immediately, with a request that a reply be made within three days:
It was algo decided that all meetings of the Committee would be private. The next meeting will be held as soon as replies are received. but not later than next Monday.
M. Munters, the Latvian Foreign Minister, was to-day elected chairman after M. de Graaf, the Netherlands representative, had decided to stand down. He said that. owing "to the geographical situation of his own country's colonies, he thought it preferable not to continue in the chai Meanwhile, the Chinese Govern ment has suggested to the League that, in the present circumstances, it will not be possible to carry out a formal programme of technical collaboration with the League. but that China hopes for assistance in the prevention and control of epidemics and general relief of the civil population and refugees.—Reuter.
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