Geneva, Oct. 1.
The Council of the League of Nations has approved the report of the Committee for Technical Collaboration with China in connection with China's need for medical and technical help, and has decided to ask the Fourth Committee for a substantial credit to carry out the scheme 5 assistance against epidemics in ina. ese Navy along the coast the high seas, and Japanese aircraft in the air, which "constituted sion against China, a member'of the League.
The Chinese' delegation believed that these facts were incontestable, and asked the Committee to take note of them. They believed that the conclusion of the resolution was luily justified by the facts they had stated, ana that they could not escape I
Earlier this week a Chinese Coyern- from them. They asked the Com-' ment memorandum to the League mittee to confirm it by a suitable" drew attention to the acute shortage pronouncement, of medical and sanitary supplies and ^I realize," Dr. Koo declared, "that the grave danger of the spread of there are some people who would cholera and smallpox.—Reuter. hesitate to rake; such a pronounce-The unanimous adoption of this re- ment- not because of the facts but. port by the League Council, reports because of possible consequences; Havas, did not completely satisfy the "We are not asking for the dis-Chinese delegation, who desired that charge of all obligations of member medical assistance should be granted states of the Covenant for the de-not only to victims of epidemics but tence of China's territorial integrity also to victims of hostilities, and that amd political independence, We real~_ Powers mostly interested in China ize that the unsatisfactory experience should make an effort for increasing in the past and conditions in other the figure of credits for medical as-parts of the world call for prudence sistance.
Chinese circles pointed out and moderation by the League. they wanted more than Frs. 5,000,000 Principles Must Be Upheld while the amount available at present is approximately Frs. 300,000.
"But this consideration applies The committee itself had contem-|only to measures to be taken {0 plated asking powers controlling ter- check the forces of aggression. On ritories adjoining China to contribute he question of reaffirming the prin-more in their interest to avoid spread ciples of the. Covenant, there should of infectious diseases, The Polish de-be no compromise. legate feared "political action" under "The world will understand, in. cover of medical assistance while the|the present circumstances, if the
plementary er British delegate suggested that sup- League does not endeavour to pub be granted by|its whole machinery into operation Red Cross and other private organiza- for the purpose of aggrestions rather than by governments con-sion, but it will not understand if cerned. Meanwhile it was learned|it does not speak out on the ques-that the American Red Cross Society had offered to give $100,000 for medical aid to China.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.