Tokyo, Sept. 25.
Mr. Koki Hirota, the Japanese Foreign Minister, has cabled to M. Joseph Avenol, Secretary-General of the League of Nations, declining the League's invitation that Japan should adhere to the Advisory Committee of 23, which is considering China's appeal regarding the Sino-Japanese conflict, Japan made every possible effort, the Foreign Minister's reply declared, to carry out her fixed policy for establishing peace in East Asia through ce-operation with China, who, however, pursued a- "national policy of antagonism and opposition to Japan."
As a consequence, the reply stated, anti-Japanese outbreaks were frequently reported from all parts of China.
The Japanese Government, therefore, requested the Chinese Government to pay serious attention to the matter and to reconsider its policy immediately.
Regárding the settlement of the' present Sino-Japanese conflict, the Japanese Government, the document added, remained firm in its belief that fair and reasonable soltitions in keeping with realities 60tild be found, occasions, 2 as had already beh stited on various
The Japanese Government, however, the reply concluded, regretted ihat it must decline the invitation to adhere to the Advisory Committee, because there was no reason to justify 4 Change in its policy toward the political undertakings of the League of Nations.—Reuter.
Geneva, Sept. 26.
The Chinese delegation to the League was particularly active yesterday.
Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese Ambassador to Paris, and chief delegate to the League, sent an official note to M. Joseph Avenol, Secretary-General, giving supplementary information on the bombings of Canton, Nanking and Soochow.
The Note specified that "Japanese planes carried out these bombings Without tiny motive and deliberately destroyed several buildings without military importance, killing andi wounding several thousand civilians."
Carton, Sept. 26.
An unknown number of Jápánese aeroplanes took advantage of, the bright moonlight last night Ënd revisited Canton. A few bombs were cropped in the vicinity of military objectives, which landed in the open country without doing any 3 After the air-raid alarm, which was Sourded at mjdüight, three anxious hours elapsed before the of eigines was actually heard, the thud of bombs was audible in Thngshan, though not in Shameen, ünd the all-clear signal was sounded shortly before daylight.
The populace of Canton have. not been given a single day's breathing space in well over a week. and foreigners alike are hoping for bad weather which, it is trusted, will discourage air-raids. It seems, however, that the force of world ópinión is having its effect and Japdnese aeroplanes are now carefully avoiding further civilian destruction.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.