Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-06
CHINA ASKS LEAGUE
TO DENOUNCE TOXIC.
Yen ReneWs Plea for Action
as Assembly Takes Up
Lytton Report.

tiCnS today to denounce Japan as the
axgressnv q Manchuria, and Japan re-
piled that the military occupation of
that vast province was an act of self
defense.
Addressing the Assembly, which has
constituted itself into the role of
prosecuting council, w. w. Yen spoke
for China. He declared Japan had
broken every multilateral treaty that
has application to the Manchurian ques-
tion, trampled upon the most sacred of
the principles that govern international
relations, and fouted the authority of
the League"
Yosuke Matsuoka, the special coun-
sci, spoke for Japan. He challenged
the findings Of the Lytton Commission,
which investigated Manchurian affairs
for the League.
Pleads Self Defense.
THAT we acted in self defense he
said, is clear and warranted" Mat
suoka protested against the Chinese
boycott as hindrance to the promotion
of international peace and cooperation.
THE boycott creates circumstances
which threaten good understanding be-
tween nations" Matsuoka said. He
went back into the history Of the last
10 years in an effort to show the Chi
nese have been provocative and hostile
toward the Japanese and that disorders
in China led to and justified the foreign
powers sending military expeditions
there.
Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald
of Great Britain, Premier Herrlot OF
France, Foreign Minister konstantln
Won Neurath of Germany and Norman
Davis of the United States were present
to hear the charge and counter charge
DR.. Yen pointed to the Lytton report,
which was before the Assembly, and de-
clared: Japan deliberately and with
out prov1Jcation seized the three East
ern provinces (Manchuria) by both mil
itary- force and political intrigue not
orly in defiance of the authority OF
the League but also in violation OF the
provisions Of the covenant, the pact OF
Paris, and the nine-poWer treaty OF
washington in the particular provisions
guaranteeing territorial and admin
istrative integrity for China and en-
inning the SignatorieS to refrain from
resorting to force for the settlement OF
international differences"
ACt1On ASheQ Dy OAAtds
DR.. Yen asserted that Japans atti-
tude toward the Leagues efforts at SET.
Element is ito propose Cancellation, II
YOU ulease. but to touch not Manchu-
kuo." The Chinese outlined what ne
considered the Leagues judgment
should be.
First. he said, the Assembly should
declare that Japan had violated the
League covenant. the pact OF Paris ana
the nine-power treaty; second, that the
Assembly should call upon Japan 10
execute forthwith Council resolutions, SO
that all japanese troops shall be WIN
drawn into the (South Manchuria) rail-
way zone and that the so-called Man
chukuo government be dissolved ano,
third, that the Assembly, pending disso-
luton of Manchukuo, pledge itself not
to recognize any situation, treaty or
agreement which may be brought about
by means contrary to the covenant or
the pact of Paris, and declare it will not
recognize Manchukuo or enter into any
relations with it; that the Assembly
make and publish before definite date
and within the shortest possible time a
report for final settlement OF the dispute
as prescribed in article Is, paragraph 4,
Of the covenant (Article Is provides
for arbitration of disputes.)
Small Nations Back China.
The most advanced position the
League has yet taken on the issue was
adopted by the Assembly itself last
March, when it declared against recog-
milton of the fruits of aggression.
1t was the small nations which pushed
through this declaration, and authori-
ties looked to them again today.
While the representatives of the great
a1r Fr,.1 he
cuSSion on disarmament, were on hand
for the Assembly meeting, the small
powers have a definite course.
Osten linden of Sweden planned to
insist that the League employ all its
resources to vindicate the covenant and
to penalize what he considered an ag-
erosion.
Norway. Denmark, Holland, Belgium,
Switzerland, CZechoslovakia and Spain
are anxious for the League to demon
strate its efficacy against strong power.
Missed None of Arguments.
Mr.. Matsuoka missed none of the ar
guments which have become familiag
in this long dispute.
The real cause Of the trouble in the
East, he said, is 50 lack of cohesion be-
tween the realities in China and the
aspirations of the modern Chinese"
and the cure for that is assistance to
China by the League in her logical
progress, particularly in the sterilization
OF her foreign relations.
AS for Manchukuo, the Japanese gov
eminent cannot be held responsible for
Its independence, he said. declaring that
1T is one thing to say that some Off
Gals interested themselves in an au-
tonomy movement and quite another to
charge that the japanese government
Is responsible for abetting the indie
pendence movement"
Before the Manchukuo declaration of
independence Japan had no plans in
that direction, he said. The first move
came from the people and, contrary to
the report Of the Lytton Commission, it
was definite and emphatic"
Japan Wants Peace.
Japan recognized Manchukuo's indie
pendence because I'VE saw in it the ad-
vent Of civil government composed of
reasonable men who understood the
strategic and economic Importance of
the territory to Japan. We saw a
promise Of peace. We wanted peace,
we did not and do not want Manchuria.
We want only the preservation of our
rights and interests there"
He urged that the League give time
for the natural development of sound
forces" in Manchuria, and declared that
any suggestion for settlement of the dis
pute should be governed by these three
principles:
l. The terms must be such that they
can be effectively put into operation and
will accomplish and preserve peace in
the Far East.
2. A solution must be found to end
disorder in China.
3. If the League evolves a plan of
settlement the League must take upon
itself responsibility for execution of the
plan.
Considering the actual conditions in