Imperial Valley press., 1933-03-27
ACT UPHELD
BY EMPEROR
AND COUNCIL
Statement To League Secretary
Asserts Move Taken In Inter-
est OF Peace
RETALIATION is EXPECTED
Hints At Embargo Against Jap
anese Rumored To Become
Actualities In Near Future
BY MILES w. VAUGHN

BY MILES w. VAUGHN
TOXIC, March 27.-The govern
ment issued a proclamation today
together with postscript signed by
Emporer Hirohito, announcing Ja-
pans resignation from the League
of Nations.
Foreign Minister YaSuya Uchida
Immediately telegraphed notice of
the momentous action to Sir Eric
Drummond, secretary of
the league, at Geneva.
! The message declared Japan's
national policy is to insure peace
in the Orient; thereby contributing
to the peace of the world
1t was in substance a reiteration
of the empires position assumed at
| Geneva several weeks ago when
Japanese delegates vigorously op-
posed the leagues adoption of
committee report, condemning ia
pan for her military policy in Man
| churia.
The resignation was voted at
meeting of the privy council, at
tended by Emperor Hirohito, Uchi-
da, Premier Makoto Saito, Sadao
Araki, war minister; Mineo Osumi,
naval minister, and Korekiyo Ia
kahiaSh, finance minister.
The note avowed Japan's convic-
| tion that a government should
maintain order wherever possible
but stated that existing circumstan-
ces should allow operation of the
| league covenant to vary in accord
! ance with actual conditions pre-
vailing in the certain regions.
1t reiterated that China is a dis
organized country which cannot
come under the ordinary workings
| of international law
Of the leagues committee report,
the note asserted it contains gross
errors both in ascertainment of
| facts and in conclusions deduced,"
/ and further charged it with Great
ing "a source of fresh conflict in
| the Orient
F.! The government charged the
league with blocking progress of
peace in the Far East by refusing
| to acknowledge actual circumstan-
ces that led to the establishment of
Manchukuo, the government estab-
lished in Manchuria at the end of
Japan's successful military invasion
ADD 1-JAPAN-HK -.
TOXIC, March 81. U.Pj@Japan.
by withdrawing from the League of
Nations, has no intention of isolat-
ing herself in the Orient, Emperor
| Hirohito promised in a rescript of
! the proclamation announcing the
! empires resignation today.
The youthful emperor who sat
| through the long conference of
cabinet members and the privy
council preceding the withdrawal
vote pledged Japan's continued sup
port to promoting mutual conf
| dence between the empire and for
| eign powers.
Recalling that his father, the late
Emperor Taisho, had ordered jap
ans entrance into the league, his
! imperial highness declared it was
now essential to respect the inde-
| pendence of Manchukuo and en-
courage its development, a reversed
position than that assumed by the
league.
This situation of extremes "caus-
eS our government to take, upon
mature deliberation, necessary steps
| for the withdrawal of our empire
from the league" the reScript said.
However" the emperor contin-
ued, "the advancement of interna-
tional peace is what we, as every
one, desires and out attitude to-
wards enterprises Of peace shall sus-
tain no change.
Quitting the league and en-
barking on a course of our own
doesn't mean the empire will stand
aloof in extreme Orient or isolate
itself from the fraternity of ma
| tionS. 1t is our desire to promote
| mutual confidence between our en-
! pire and all other world powers and
make known the cause of justice
throughout the world
GENEVA, March 27--Japan's re-
signation from the League of Ma
| tions was regarded today as a sig
nal for the beginning of deter
mined struggle by the league TO
maintain its decision in the Man
churian dispute.
Tokio's cabled notice of with
drawal was received today by Sir
Eric Drummond, secretary general
| of the league.
The league, declaring that Man
churia belongs to China and vigor-
ously criticizing Japan's operations
| throughout the controversy, was
expected to summon every moral
resource at its command TO back
up its position.
The leagues advisory committee
was confidently expected TO ask Rt
once for an arms embargo against
Japan, in which 1t frankly hoped
the United States would join.
The smaller powers, II was be-