Evening star., 1932-03-06
PEACE IN ASIA DEMANDED.
Smaller Nations Tell League to Use
ALI It's Resources.


GENEVA, March 5 (P.-Spokesmen
of the smaller nations, which have no
material interests in the Far East, pro.
nounced before the special assembly OF
the League of Nations today their pub
lie condemnation of Japan's invasion
Of China, and urged that all the
leagues resources be employed to end
the struggle.
A number Of the diplomats Of these
secondary powers made 1t clear they
would insist that the assembly deal
with the Manchurian problem as well
as the Shanghai problem. Thus they
rejected the Japanese contention that
the assembly must keep its hands on
Manchuria.
All during the morning and afternoon
Tsuneo Matsudaira and Naotake Sato,
the japanese representatives, listened
while European and South and Central
American speakers denounced armed
intervention by a strong State In the
territory of weaker State and. while
they called for the early withdrawal OF
japanese troops from Chinese soil.
Great Powers Silent.
The great powers-Britain, Italy,
France and Germany-rema1ned silent
today, as they did for the most part
yesterday, when the assembly adopted
a resolution calling for negotiations
leading to the immediate cessation OF
hostilities and the retirement OF the
japanese troops.
The smaller states+Spain, Latin
America, Esthopia and others-were in
the saddle tocAy and they made the
most of their opportunity. The discus
sion, unfinished after a morning and
afternoon session, will be resumed Mon
day.
Foreign Minister Luis Zulueta Of
Spain reproached Japan for attempting
to settle the dispute by armed force IN
stead of bringing her complaints TO the
League.
Neither the problem of Shanghai
nor the problem of Manchuria can be
fully discussed until the japanese SOL
diers eyacuate China" he said. "Evac-
uation must precede negotiations.
He asserted that the Assembly ought
not recognize any agreement resulting
from the japanese military activities.
Denmark Cites Peace Pact.
1.-THE League must be the bulwark of
the weak against the strong" he said
Spain desires the League to use all
the powers it possesses to Settle the
dispute.
For the League, this problem Is a
question of to be or not to be. We
want it to be-
Peter Munich of Denmark asserted
that the failure to declare war does
not absolve a nation from its engage
ments under the Kellogg pact. The
League, he said must apply all the
means at its disposal to enforce its
covenant.
The conflict before the Assembly is
ny71r tho conflict of SHANGHAI n1lt
the Sino-Japanese trouble in its en-
tirety," declared DR.. Giuseppe Motta OF
Switzerland.
We are not concerned with the ques-
ton of the prestige of this state or
the other, but with the moral 1.@ !uri-
dicial authority Of the League OF Ma
tons"
Special Commission Suggested.
The spokesman for Esthonia con-
demned armed intervention by strong
state In the territory of weaker nation.
Eduard Benes of CZechoslovakia insisted
that all nations must have recourse 70
solely pacific means in settling disputes.
Nicolas Politis of Greece proposed
that the Assembly continue to treat the
problem until a settlement has been
completed. He suggested that special
Assembly commission be named to fol-
low the negotiations and to execute the
Assembly's program "for re-establish-
ing peace and justice"
Enrique Buero Of Uruguay said he
was unable to accept the Japanese ex-
PLANTATION that China was an unorgan-
lied state He cited the reception OF
China into the League and its election
to the League Council as evidence Of its
sovereign statehood.
PortugaIs cordial cooperation In re-
establishing peace was offered by Fer
nando Augusta Branco.
by the application Of the covenant" "
he said, "the League will assure that
Justice be done between two peoples
and will re-establish its prestige"
BATTLE AT NANZIANG.