The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
UNITED STATES
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VGRvCu GAA VpnGEVVE Voub VAk VkhAk committee. Though the committed was powerless to stop the Japanese seizure, ct least most league powers and the United States, never have recognized the conquest and to then Manchuria remains Chinese.
 It was understood that British ant French delegates strongly urged Dr Koo to propose revival of the com. mittee in Q statement before the council this afternoon, and that they succeeded.
 The meeting, set for { o'clock, wal deferred until 4:30 (il:30 Q. m. EDT) to permit more time for nego. tiations.
 May Denounce Italy
 At the same council meeting pr Juan Negrin, premier of the Span. ish loyalist government, intended te denounce Italy before tho council not only as intervening on land irl behalf of the Spanish nationalist but as being the officially mysterious pirate nation whose submarines have preyed on merchant shipping.
 It was the first time in the leagues history that two undeclared wars were considered ct one meeting.
 Packed with Dynamite
 Both problems were packed with dynamite. Japan was ready to fight the world if necessary to complete her campaign in China. Premier Denito MuSsolini of Italy was ready to leave the lague, which hO al- ready boycotts, If any effort were made to take even moral action against Italy
 The council, constituting c sort of exeolutive body for the league, are ranged to meet ct { ?. m. (li Q. m. EDT) to hear Dr. v. K. Wellington Koo, of China, and Dr. Juan Negrin, premier of Loyalist Spain, make their appeals for prompt and prac- tical aid.
 Even before the meeting Ell Amau, new Japanese minister to Switzerland, announced that Japan would defy the league ct any cost.
 Italy watched the meeting care- fully. Already denounced by Soviet Russia as the Mediterranean pirate" power, self-excluded from the new unprecedented anti-piracy naval patrol of nine nations, her fascist government was in no mood to sit quiescent while new charges were made.
 Wellington Koo, in his case for the council, based his plea on article XVII of the League of Nations covenant. This article invites Ilon- members of the league to be repre- sented ct any discussions concern. ing them.
 Up t0 League
 If the league agreed to invite Japan to discuss the appeal which China hes made formally against Japanese aggression, and Japan, as would be expected, rejected the in- vitation, 1t would Do up to the league to apply the drastic article XVI of tho covenant, prescribing penal ties against an aggressor nation. That is what China aims for.
 League support for China would mean the league nations would de- nounce Japan as c public enemy, ct war with the nearly three score member nations.
 Dr. Negrin, presenting the case for Loyalist Spain, arranged for c sub- stitute to preside while he addressed the council. Negrin b president of tho council at this meeting, Meii1s bers preside in alphabetical order ct successive meetings.
 Negrin based his demand for ace ton on article xr of the league covenant. This obliges the league to concern itself in any matter that threatens peace, and to take action to safeguard peace.
 His plea was that Italian inter- vention in the spaniSh civil war, both on land and in the pirate" campaign, was threatening the gen- eral peace of Europe.