The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-26
JAPAN HURLS
DEFIANCE IN
WORLD'SFACE
Notice Served That Nippon
Will Hold Territory, Fruit
of Conquest.
POWERS ARE BLUFFED
England and France Enter
Hands Agreement,
Belief in u. S.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
scripps-Howard Foreign Editor

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Japsn's startling new big stick
policy in the Far East is believed to
be a series Of understanding tacit
or otherwise, between Nippon and
Great Britain, France, and Russia
Thursday before the new Japan
ese diet, Foreign Minister Uchida
officially announced what amounts
to q protectorate over Manchuria
and def1ed the League of Nations,
the United States, and all the
signatories of all the peace pacts
there be TO interfere.
BY Count Uchida's bombshell an
nouncement-seen here as I'M
questionably one of the most
ominous developments the western
Pacific has seen since the Russo
Japanese war-Japan openly and
boldly burned her bridges behind
her.
BY it, formal notice was served on
the world that, cost what it may,
Japan will permit nothing to come
between her and the rounding out
of her empire on the Asiatic main
land.
Club Over China
Unless China quickly comes to her
senses and quietly accepts the rape
of Manchuria and any other portion
of her territory which Japan may
happen to fancy, Japan will feel
compelled to punish her again, and
promptly.
If the League of Nations commits
sion finds adversely in its report on
Manchurian happenings, Japan SOL
emily warned that she would not
pay the slightest attention. Man
churia has been definitely and per-
manently taken from China, all the
peace machinery in the world to
the contrary Notwithstanding
That Japan thus would have
dared to defy the world without first
finding out where she would land
after her leap is not regarded as at
all likely.
For weeks past the story has been
current that the British govern
ment is perturbed greatly over what
the league commissions report on
the Sino-Japanese conflict is likely
to contain.
The commission is headed by Lord
Lytton a BritiSher. And if the re-
port does not please Japan-and it
is reported it will not-then London
fears for its friendly relations with
Toxic.
Support for Japan
1t is recalled, too, that Britain
has been reluctant from the start
to go along with the rest of the
powers to check Japanese agrees
sion, in line with existing peace
pacts.
Similarly, France never has ac-
lively opposed Japans adventure
in Manchuria On the contrary.
she has appeared at times to be
distinctly pro-Japanese. Her in
terests are in the far south of China
and, like Britain, anything calcu-
lated to keep the Chinese in their
place" usually has had her bless
ing.
From Britain and France, there
fore, Japan never has seemed to
have much to fear. In fact. there
have been persistent rumors of
their quasi backing.
Russia Saves Self
Russia is known to be opposed to
Japanese imperialism in Asia. But
Russia is deadly afraid of being
forced into a war on two fronts
IN the far east, against Japan.
while the nations Of Europe attack
her on the west.
Accordingly, reports are abroad
that, IN self defense. Russia is pre-
pared to enter a live -let-live
agreement with her neighbors on
both sides, with Japan as we'll as
Europe.