The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-23
BRANDS PROPOSAL
INTENDED TO SOLVE
ARGUMENT IN ORIENT
Plan Calls For Inquiry BY Five
Member Commission Into
Present Trouble
RUSSIAN ANGLE Is FEARED
Japan Sends Reassuring Note
to U. S. Saying Treaties
Not Endangered
RUSSIAN ANGLE Is FEARED
(By The Associated Press)

"A new Manchurlan proposal was
presented to the League of Nations
council in Paris Monday by Aristide
BRAND, chairman, but the group was
said to have declined approval until
the Chinese and japanese delegates
had scrutinized it.
The plan called for Manchurian
inquiry by a commission of three
neutrals, one Chinese and one jap
anese. Objecting delegates to the
session were represented as main
t"lnlng the proposal must not be
forced upon China.
China cannot even consider the
proposal for a commission of in.
quiry in Manchuria unless it pro-
vides for immediate cessatic- hos
tilities and withdrawal of Japanese
forces, DR.. Alfred SEE told the
league council in a new note Mon
day.
This withdrawal must begin al
once and proceed progressively to
prompt completion, he insisted.
Would Extend Occupation
|r-s.ln-A@proposal without such pro.
visions, he added, becomes "a mere
device to condone and perpetuate for
more or less of an indefinite period
the unjustifiable occupation of
China territory by an aggressor
who already virtually has attained
his unlawful objective while league
dis 1ussions were going on"
Japanese military intelligence re.
ports at Mukden said the situation
in the Chinchow region, $50 miles
south of Mukden, was growing acute
as the Chinese concentrated forces.
Japan sent reassuring note to the
United States asserting military ac-
tivitteS In Manchuria had not infring-
ed upon the Kellogg Pact, the nine
power treaty or the league govern
ment.
DR.. wellington Koo was appointed
foreign minister and a national dis
aster committee" was formed to take
charge Of the Marking government Is
affairs pending creation Of a new
central executive committee of the
Kuomintang.
Boycott Idea Rejected
Ambassador Charles G. Dawes, OBJ
serving the leagues activities In
Paris, said the United States would
not participate in any economic boy
colt to induce withdrawal of Japanese
troops from Manchuria.
The possibility that Russia might
become involved shadowed the coun-
cils deliberations and the danger Of q
Russo-Japanese embodiment was
seen both in Paris and in neutral
capitols.
Diplomatically and strategically
Japan appeared the victor in the run
Of last weeks events.
At Paris, the japanese spokesman
Kenkichi Yoshizawa, maintained un-
changed the position his government
has upheld throughout the two
months of crisis - that japanese
troops would not be Withdrawn from
their non-treaty positions until his
country was assured, to its own salts
faction, that the rights Of its ma
tionals were secured and anti-Jap-
anese feeling in China quieted.
In ,Manchuria itself, Nipponese
soldiers occupied Tsitsihar, walled
capital Of northwest Manchuria. They
routed the troops Of General Nah
Chan Shan.
Entered Russian Zone
In so doing they crossed the Chi
nese Eastern railway and entered the
zone of Russian influence. The Chi
nese Eastern. jointly operated by
Russia and China, has been a jeal-
ously guarded child Of the Soviet re-
public.
Toward the end of the week, Rus
sian reaction seemed sharply drawn
against Japan. The two countries ex-
changed notes. Russia pointing out
that its interests might be involved
and Japan warning that, because Chi
nese troops had been transported on
the Chinese Eastern, Russia might be
held partially responsible" for the
conflict around Tsitsihar.
The American government made
known its feeling that the whole crisis
threatened world peace. Secretary
Stimson warned Japan of the danger
of Russian embodiment. At Paris,
Ambassador Dawes, special represent
alive at the scene Of the league coun-
Gil meeting. took active part In the
unofficial conversations that consti-
tuted q major share Of the leagues
effort to bring about peace.
The council evolved. at the end of
five days Of negotiations. plan to
send q neutral commission to investi-
gate the Sino-Japanese troubles.
The council. feeling the league was
meeting situation that must test to
the full It's international authority
looked to the coming few days Will,
the greatest activity.