Vigorous Defence Detailed for Japan's Action Vigorous defence of Japan's Tokyo, Oct,
tion in China is made in a statement issued to-day by the Association of members of the House of Representatives interested in the China problem.
China, the statement declares, "does The action taken by Japan in
not Violate the Nine-Power Treaty or the Kellogg Pact."
"The duty in Shanghai, and attacked districts in Shanghai where Japanese residents were concentrated for the deliberate purpose of annihilating them. Japan's expeditionary force was, therefore, sent to Shanghai as a self-defensive measure."
The Nine-Power Pact, the state-' ment points out, stipulates respect for ihe sovereignty, independence and territorial and administrative inter grity of China, "but it never bans the right of self-defence, which may be exercised by a Power whose nationals are butchered by the Chinese or whose rights and interests are violated by China, "The Kellogg Pact also never denies the exercise of the right of self-defence in a similar case,"
The statement, in conclusion, points out that "the Comintern is behind the present Sino-Japanese conflict," and warns that a "Bolshevized China will be a menace not only to Japan but to the whole world."—Reuter, 12
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