The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-30
JAP ENVOYS GAIN POINT AT GENEV A Sentiment Swings to East
 ern Point of
 View RECESS IS TAKEN TO AVERT CRISIS American Precedent Cited In Support of To-
 kiO's Plea NATIONAL GROUPS -
 TO BE AVOIDED Friendly Agreement of Interna- tional Nature Is Purpose
 of Long Debate
NATIONALtG GROUPS
 TO BE AVOIDED

GENEVA, Sept. 20.-The swing of sentiment of Japan was the outstanding feature of the critical situation in Geneva tonight. After labor ing without cessation through out the entire day the leaders had to confess that they had not discovered the miraculous formula, which, while satisfy ing the aspirations of the Ja- uanese, would keep the pro- posed, protocol of arbitration and security strong enough to win not only the, support o1 the delegation assembled at Geneva, but, what is more i'm. portant, the notifications ot the world parliaments. !.
 rhonah no solptiens were found. sari- ons channels of settlement have been explored. and prominent delegates said tonight that there was an earnest ex- pectation of reaching some accord.
 rrhere is. however. no weakening in ;.,.iaenc1 along the Japanese, who say thev have uneauivocal directions from Tokio to maintain their attitude or onnosition to any protocol plan Which wo,,Id make Japan an aggressor II sne failed to abide by World court de- cision based on the interpretation or snatters supposed to be within the ex- elusive jurisdiction of the other party " At Private Meeting
 The entire Japanese difficulty was tbreshed out today at a private meet .;nc n the League council, when Wis count Ishii. at the request of the coun- oil made a frank exposition ot the Jananese view point This council ex- emination was followed throughout the day by repeated private conferences be- tween the principal delegates, all de- sperately- striving to find hght on the issue raised by Japan.
 Eventually the problem was en- trusted to the study of three men, SIT Cecil Hurst of England, M. Loucheur, France, and SignOr Scialoia, Italy, the first and last named being celebrated international jurists, and M. Loucheur heinz one of the most prominent indus trisilsts of France, owner of newspa- ners and a former cabinet minister. This committee will meet tomorrow morning.
 Everybody connected with the af- fair is so worn out and excited by the suddenness and gravity of the lS- sue that by unanimous assent all de- cided to pass the night in Cuiet reflee- tion. Realizing the importance revised nrotocol would have in the eyes Of inc world, the delegates decided to fol- low the admonition of M. LOucheur that the our is so fatal that the as- sembly must avoid haste which leads to tragedy, and remain in Geneva long enough to deal calmly with the ques- ton from every possible standpoint.
 Assume No Malice
 Nj. Loucheur said tonight i've are all assuming that this Japanese amend ment is not aimed at America or the British dominions. If we thought so we would have voted against it imme- diately."
 The swing to Japan has developed because statesmen are beginning to re- slize that the dividing wall between which clearly are of international jurisdication of a state and questions which cleraly are of international scope is exceedingly thin, so thin, i'm deed that it becomes at times a mere shadow.
 As International Issue
 One of the dominating features of tonicht's discussion was the insistence that the Japanese issue should be handled not as an issue between Japan and any particular state or group of states, but in the widest international sense. French delegates, who said they saw the justice of the Japanese argu- ments, cited several instances where questions usually accepted as belonging exclusively to the international juris- diction of a state have in fact a grave international bearing because they af-
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