The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-18

The Council of Twelve OF the
League Of Nations met at the cross
roads today and took the road
they thought dangerous but right.
Ceasing to put China and Japan
upon the same moral plane, they
turned for the first time since the
conflict began to Japan alone"
The League Council ATTEMPTED to
bring pressure to bear against the
Japanese by the threat to refuse to
recognize Japan's seizure Of Chinese
territory. The threat applied not only
to Shanghai, but for hte first time
since the japanese invasion Of Man
churia, the League threatened to
challenge Japans seizure Of the three
northeastern provinces OF China. The
League and the United States had
previously supported and endorsed
the Japanese seizure Of Manchuria
realizing that Japan would convert
Manchuria into a military base
against the Soviet Union. Tie
pressure of the imperialist powers is
aimed to prevent Japan from seiz-
ing their spheres OF influence" and
from occupying strategic economic
and military positions in the Shans-
hal area. But at the same time, the
threat Of raising the question of
Japan's seizure of Manchuria is in
tended to hold the Japanese to their
role as Spearhead against the Soviet
Union in the North.
The United States was not off
cially represented at the League
Council meeting where this action
was taken. A Washington dispatch
reports, however, that the United
States is backing the attempt OF the
League Council TO restrain the
Japanese.
The British cabinet has cabled a
special meeting to dea Exclusively
with the Far East situation. Sir John
Simon, British Foreign Secretary,
yesterday visited the king. He was
also again in communication with
Secretary Of State Stimson, and with
Premier Macdonald who is still con-
fined to a nursing home. He had
conferences, too, with j. H. Thomas,
Minister Of Dominions, and with the
heads Of the Admiralty and the War
Office, and with Stanley Baldwin,
acting head of the national" govern
ment.
Japanese Push Puppei State IN
Manchuria
In the meantime, the Japanese are
rushing forward their plans for the
creation Of an independent state
in Manchuris, TO be headed By
Chinese militarist tools of the jap
anese. This state is to Ssrve Is a
base for operations against the Soviet
Union. A Tokyo dispatch says that
the independent state is 10 include
the provinces of Mukden, Kirin.
Heilungkiang and Johol. JohoI is .
province Of Inner Mongolia. A Mzkr
den dispatch TO the New York Times
reports.
"a group Of Chinese leaders,
watched over by many Japanese
advisers, continued their negotts-
tions for the formation Of d sep
arate Manchurian state today at
secret meeting in the Fcrgt@en
Provincial Government Building"
The dispatch adds, significantly:
The negotiations were conducted
in such secrecy II was impossible
10 determine whether the Chinese
leaders had been assembled merely
10 accept and proclaim plans al
ready worked out by their Japanese
advisers" %
The Chinese leaders included
Gen Ma Chen-shsn, who early In
the Japanese invasion Of Manchuris
calously sacrificed the lives OF thous-
ands OF Japanese soldiers u, q fake
resistance to the japanese, Designed
to afford them the pretext for ad-
vancing toward the frontiers of the
Soviet Union Others were Isans
Hsl-yi, 1tia Hsla, Chang Ching hui.
Chao Bsin-po and Yu Ching-hsn
Tho Japanese War Minister de-
clerod at Tokyo that the japanese
government was supporting the
new independent" state. In his re-
marks, he reminded the AmsF4car
that they had erected similar puppet
states Ia Cuba Nira "a snta -