Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-07

which the best-intentioned government
would Ind 1t hard to deal. Foreign
Minister Shidehara has a ranonanf mil
itary party to hold within bounds. and
the undergraduate assault on Foreign
Minister Wang bears similar testimony
10 tne existence OF a llot-lleaded element
on the west side Of the Yellow Sea-
Japan has the right" according To
the toronto Daily Star, ito police the
railway in Manchuria and ether i'm
portant rights in that province The
Chinese have been crowding in and
making it difficult for Japan to exer-
cise her rights, so Japan struck out
rlght and lett TO obtain greater meas
ure OF freedom for herself" The Star
cohcedeS that perhaps she has done
wrong. but points out that, "as a mat
Ter OF fact, the Council of the League
Is sun oeaAng with the Manchurian
question. The Columbia IS. c. State
argues Had not the friendship and
splendid military and naval eo1,ipnoe,t
OF Japan been such outstanding facts
ana possibilities in the Pacific. there is
no teIllng into what parcels and scrans
the great powers of the West. wo,IId
nave backed China long before this :"
But tie Charleston IS. c. Evening
Fost remarks: Whatever adjustment
may be made, it is a good guess that
Japan VIII be found to have lost moth
ing. In the course of it. of a position of
advantage in Manchuria, Each ti,oo
the question comes I'D, a little is gaines
by the Japanese"
The government at Toxic knows
mat Japan cannot afford TO ignore its
P-eQgeS TO the world" AYERS the
YOUNGSTOWN Vindicator, but the Chi
cago Daily News maintains that the
League OF Nations sadly needs to
eVlnce more courage and less dispose
tlon 10 play the old diplomatic game
OF faVorlng the stronger and more BEL
1 NE party to any pending quarrel"
Ihe Lexington Leader feels that ",Janan
mas no more moral right in Manchtria
uhoer the conditions prevailing than
the united States would have in Mex-
leo. Inc San Francisco Chronicle re-
marks that China and Japan seem tn
nave told the League conflicting sto-
rles, and adds: Whether Manchl1ria is
now the theater of a war or the scene
oI profound peace enforced by Japanese
nlliitary power Is something the world
Is interested in. but the final decision
waits on time and events"
suspicion that the League lis impo-
tent IN any real crisis" is voiced by the
wheeling Intelligencer and the Mime
apoHS Star concludes that "the treaties
aren't doing China bit of good" The
Chicago Tribune declares: THE League
of Nations still represents the ideas TO
which the American Government an
parently is determined to trust the fu-
ture of the United States in foreign re-
lations. One worthless peace pact will
be followed by another, one foolish
agreement by another, one futile con-
ference by another"
The curious silence of Soviet Russia"
is noted by the Cincinnati Times-Star
and that paper observes that zone rea-
son for this restraint is doubtless Rus.
sias moral and physical unpreparedness
for conflict with Japan" The Times
Star concludes: The largest obstacle
to Russia's mixing in Manchuria is the
new nationaliSm in China. That spirit
has grown enormously since 1915, when
Japan eXacted the famous 81 demands
and it undoubtedly helped bring on the
crisis at Mukden. But while the ma
| tlonalists resent japanese penetration,
| they oppose no less the ambitions of
| the Russian Soviet. No one can pre-
dict how much ground China will have
to concede to Japan, armed with treaty
guarantees and with the power to secure
them. But 1t is safe to say that young
China does not want Russia for an ally"