Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-24
JAPANESE WARNED
BY UNITED STATES
StimsOn Issues Pronouncement That Retaliation
Will Be Made If Open Door Policy And China's
Integrity Not Respected.

Hay, was made in the form Of a
letter to Chairman Borah of the
senate foreign relations committee.
After tracing the rise of the "op-
en- door" policy Of free trade in
China and its formal acceptance by
the world powers in 1922, Stimson
called attention to the Briand-Kel-
logg peace pact saying:
1.-The recent events which have
taken place in China especially the
hostilities which having been be-
gun in Manchuria, have latterly
been extended to Shanghai, far
from indicating the advisability OF
any modification of the treaties we
have been discussing, have tended
to bring home the vital importance
of the faithful observance of the
covenants therein to all the nations
interested in the Far East.
No Interference
I'VE see no reason for abandon
ing the enlightened principles
which are embodied in these treat
les. We believe that this situation
would have been avoided had these
covenants been faithfully observed,
and no evidence has come to us to
indicate that due compliance
with them would have interferred
with the adequate protection of
the legitimate rights in China of
the Signatories of those treaties and
their nationals.
This statement was regarded as
an answer to Japan's contention in
its reply to Stimson's note of jan
uary Z that present conditions in
China were not foreseen at the time
the nine power pact, guaranteeing
Chinese sovereignty, was signed. A
further answer was made in the
following paragraph:
THE delays in Chinese progress.
the instability of her attempts to
secure responsible government, were
foreseen by Messrs. Hay (who pro-
claimed the open door policy and
Hughes and their contemporaries
and were the very obstacles which
the policy of the open door was de-
signed to meet.
We concur with those statesmen.
representing all the nations in the
Washington conference who decid-
ed that China was entitled to the
time necessary to accomplish her
development. We are prepared to
! make that our policy in the future. -
BY HERBERT r. EKINS
United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1882, BY United Press)
SHANGHAI, Feb. "a. - Chinese
artillery, mounted on railway
trucks, bombarded the Japanese
Wharves in the International Set
tlement tonight. The shelling was
caused by reports that the Japa-
nese were preparing to land rein
fo1cements.
Japanese air squadron dropped
nine bombs tonight on the Lung
hua and Chenju railroad stations,
damaging the platforms and de-
stroying nearby cottages, although
the railway was undamaged.
Chenju is due north of the set
tlement in the Kingwal battle
area. Lunghua is in another direc-
tlon, on the Whangpoo, a little
southwest of the French conces-
Sion
Mayor WI Teh-Chen of Greater
Shanghai protested again tonight
to Edwin S. Cunningham, United
States consul general, against
landing of japanese troops in the
International Settlemelg.
WI disclaimed responsibility for
foreign lives in the event Chinese
defensive actions are necessary.
He suggested evacuation of for
eignerS from areas within the
Japanese defense sector of the set
tlement, which appeared to indi-
cate that a real bombardment of
that part of the settlement might
be contemplated.