Evening star., 1932-03-12
GENEVA CONFIDENT
IIQF PEACE IN CHINA
AssaiIant of U. S. Woman at
Shanghai Punished-More
Japanese Troops Land.
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binding on the 55 members OF the
League, is worded in the resolution as
follows:
1t is incumbent upon the members
OF the League of Nations not to recog-
hizse any situation treaty or agreement
RAish may be brought about by means
contrary to. the covenant of the League
OF Nations or the pact of Paris" The
lattsf is better known rs the Kellogg
anti-war pact.
Formulated by Chicagoan.
This principls is believed to have been
first formulated by the Chicago lawyer,
Sol .LevinSon, in an informal note
handed to the late Aristide BRAND at a
League Council meeting held in Paris
hast November, 1t was officially adopt
ed bY the United States in Mr. Stmsons
subsequent notes and now, through its
acceptance in the League resolution by
the o5 additional nations, has become
apart Of the body of international law
II means that henceforth any nation
which by military force seizeS the terri
tory OF another or imposes terms on an
other in contFaventlon of the worlds
leading peace charters. namely the
Kellogg pact and the League covenant.
VIII not be granted title to its seizure or
ratification of its terms by other ma
tions Thus it forms a sort of judicial
blockade against an aggreSSor.
-rItI Is a curious fact that the article
OF the League covenant wherein this
junction OF moral forces between the
united States and the League states has
been ef1eeted is Article X, the very ar
t5cie which was most opposed by Ameri-
can opinion in discussions over the DOS
slbiHty of the United States Joining the
League 10 years ago.
Tne Assembly commission which be-
ginning early next week will try to ar
tange genuine aFmistice and with
qraWal OF japanese troops from Chi
nese territory prior to a general settle
ment OF the entire dispute, is composed
o. the same IL states that are members
OF the Lesgue Council plus six others
elected yesterday by a secret ballot
these six states are Switzerland, Czcho-
sloyakia, Portugal, Hungary, Colombia
and Sweden.
- Russians Forecast Clash.
Those who believe the commission
IS going to succeed base their belief
mainly on the theory that the japanese
policy Is changing.
y There is growing feeling that COM
nllcatinns are imminent with Soviet
Russia. 1t is known that the Russians
are Strengthening their frontier defenseS
IN the neighborhood of both Vladivostok
and Manchuli.
Russian leaders now present In
Geneva make no secret in private con-
versation that they expect trouble with
Japan. Their theory is that, under
cover of the new puppet government
set up by Japan in Manchuria, Japan
will gradually try to get control of the
Chinese Eastern Railway, now under
ieint Chinese and Russian control, and
divert large part of its traffic south
ward over the Japanese controlled
South Manchurian Railway. Sooner or
later. say the Russians, there will be
a clash
One or two OF them go so far as to
say that the peace of the world is
going to be decided in Manchuria dur
ing the next two or three months.
For this reason, if for no other, It
is foreseen that there will now be an
early settlement, at least, of the Shang-
hal problem in. order to leave Japan
freer, to deal as best as it can with
the MAnchurian problem.
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