Geneva, May 14.
A resolution, which will be submitted to the Council of the League Nations this afternoon, and which is being adopted unanimously, as it has been thoroughly approved by the members in consultation, states:—"The Council, having heard the statement by the representative of China om the situation in the Far East and the needs for national defence in China, firstly, earnestly urges the members of the League of Nations to do their utmost to give effect to the recommendations c tained in the previous resolutions of the Assembly and the Council in this matter. s the members (o take serious consideration of the requests may receive from the Chinese Government.
"In conformity with the said resolutions, the Council expresses iis sympathy with China in her heroic struggle for the maintenance of her dependence and territorial inter grity, which are threatened by the Japanese invasion, and in the suffer-which has, thereby, been inflicted on her people.
"Secondly," the resolution goes on.
he Council recalls that the use of toxic gas in wa condemned by International Law, and cannot fail to meet with the reprobation of the civilized world.
"It requests the governments of the states, which may be in a position to do so, to communicate with the League any information they may obtain on the subject."—Reuter.
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