Evening star., 1932-01-16
TOXIC REPLY CITES
CH|NA'S D|SUN|ON
New Conditions Defeat Aims
of Pact, Note to u. S.
Declares.
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been stated, regard that policy as a
cordial feature of the politics of the
Far East and only regret that its eff
fectiveness is so seriously diminished
by the unsettled conditions which pre-
vail throughout China.
I'm so far as they can secure It,,
the policy of the open door will always
be maintained in Manchuria as in
China proper.
They take note of the statement by
the United States Government that the
latter cannot admit the legality of mat
ters which might impair the treaty
rights of the United States or its citi-
zens or which might be brought about
by means contrary to the treaty OF
August 27, 1928.
New Conditions Cited.
"It might be the subject of an
academic doubt, whether in q given
case the improperly of the means nee
essarily and always voids the ends Sc
cured, but as Japan has no intention
of adopting improper means that ques-
ton does not practically arise.
1T may be added that the treaties
be applied with due regard to the state
of affairs from time to time prevailing
in that country and that the present
distracted and unsettled state Of China
is not what was in the contemplation
Of the high contracting parties at the
time of the treaty of Washington.
1T was certainly not satisfactory
then, but it did not display that dis
union and those antagoniSms which II
does today This cannot affect the
binding character or the situations OF
the treaties, but it may in material re-
spects modify their application, since
they must necessarily be applied with
reference to the state of facts IS they
exist.
MY government desires further to
point out that any replacement which
has occurred in the personnel OF the
administration Of Manchuria has been
the necessary act of the local popula-
ton. Even in cases of hostile occupa-
tion-which this was mott Is GUS
tomary for the local officials to remain
in exercise of their functions.
Says Officials Fled or Quit.
"In the present case they, for the
most part. fled or resigned. 1t was their
destroy the working of the apparatus
of government. The japanese govern
ment cannot think that the Chinese
people, unlike all others, are destitute
of the power of self-determination and
of organizing themselves in order to
secure civilized conditions when they
are deserted by the existing officials.
While it need not be repeated thai
Japan entertainS in Manchuria no ter
ritorial aims or ambitions, yet, as your
excellency knows, the welfare and safe
ty of Manchuria and its accessibility
for general trade are matters Of deep
est interest and quite extraordinary i'm
portance to the Japanese people.
That the United States Government
is always alive to the exigencies of Fa1
Eastern questions has already been made
evident on more than one occasion. AT
the present juncture, when the very
existence of our national policy Is in
volved it is agreeable to be assured
that the American Government is de-
voting, in friendly spirit, its sedulous
4, care to a correct appreciation OF the
situation.
"I shall be obliged If your excellency
will transmit this communication to
your Government"
Ambassador Forbes forwarded the
Japanese reply to Washington later.
japanese Occupy TungIiao.
AS part of their operations against
Chinese irregularS, the japanese have
occupied Tungliao, west Of Ssupingkai
Tungliao is the terminus of the
TahuShan- -Tungliao Railway. which con-
meets with the Taonan and Ssupingkai
branches.
The war office also announced that
detachments of the KWang Tung army
yesterday began extensive operations
against irregulars in the districts OF
Chinsi and Hsinmintun.
In the north the operations against
irregulsrs continued, the war office said
and the japanese forces encountered a
group Of several hundred irregulars
eight miles north of Tsitsihar, routing
them after killing so and suffering no
casualties themselves.
Reports from Shanghai that the
Chinese government is considering
severing diplomatic relations with Japan
| we're not taken seriously in official
| circles here.
China has nothing to gain. and all
to lose, by such STEP" 1t was stated
on good authority.
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