Evening star., 1931-12-29
NATIONS Of WORLD
MUST ACT IN EAST
Point of View Appears That
Japanese Offensive De-
mands Intervention.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Neither the United States nor the
governments members Of the League of
Nations can shut their eyes at the pres
/ ent japanese military operations in
Manchuria.
| The point of view of the interested
governments is that Japan is actually
violating the Kellogg BRAND pact and
consequently it's actions cannot be
passed in silence.
The action to be taken is to be de-
cided in the near future.
Exchanges of views are taking place
between the interested governments for
| a common action. AS the political and
| diplomatic boycott seem inpracticable,
! the probabilities are that neither the
American nor the governments men,
| bers of the League of Nations will rec
ognize the occupation of Manchuria by
| the japanese; enither will they recog-
nize any "puppet" local Manchurian
government set up by the japanese gov
| ernment and will continue to support
either directly or indirectly the Chinese
government in any action it may deem
| necessary to take in order to drive out
of Manchuria the japanese military or
! ClNlAdl BdLllHettAOAi.
Must See 1t Through.
1t is true that all the secretaries of
| state consider the present situation as
great nuisance" The world powers
| have from the very beginning inter-
vened the Manchurian dispute with the
| greatest reluctance. The attitude of the
world statesmen was that of the man
| who takes his first sea bath early in the
| Summer. He faces the cold water. tries
the water with his toes, hesitates be-
| cause it is still very cold, but knows all
| the time that he will have to take the
plunge. Once he is in. he must swim to
keep himself warm. This is the position
of the leaders of the nations of the
world They have tackled the Man
| churian situation with the greatest re-
! luctance, but they are in now and must
see the whole thing brought to a salts
| factory END.
! Reports from Euope indicating that
/ the League of Nations members are in
clined to pass the sponge over the en-
| tire Manchurian situation are discount
| ed in well informed circles in Wash
| ington.
Such an action on the part of the
| European countries would sound the
| death knen Of the League and this
Europe cannot afford under the present
| political circumstances. Consequently
Europe, whether it likes it or not, must
| take Cognizance Of what is happening
at present in Manchuria, especially
that Japan seems to have broken the
| pledges her official representative had
given on behalf Of his government on
| December 10.
U. S. Must Act.
AS far as the American Government
is concerned, it cannot overlook the fact
| that the Japanese are at present en-
gagged in military operations not only
| against alleged bandits, but against
China's regular troops. The State De-
partment has put itself on record as
having given Japan a friendly warming
I against any advance on Chinchow. The
fact that the Japanese government has
| disregarded the friendly action of the
American Government makes it quite
| clear that the Japanese are at present
engaged in completing a political task
the de facto" occupation of the whole
/ Manchurian territory, when originally
| they had told lis that their operations
| in Manchuria would be confined ex-
| cluSively to the necessary operations
against bandits in order to safeguard
| the life and property of Japanese citi
zens living in that province.
The operations against Chinchow in
| dicate clearly that Japan is disregard
ing not only the Kellogg pact, but also
| the nine-poWer pact.
Under these circumstances the Amer
| lean Government cannot accept the
present situation in Manchuria with
out taking some further action.