Evening star., 1937-11-09
TO QUIT
CONFERENCE AMID
EXCLUSION MOVES
Saw Attempt at Brussels
to Keep Soviets Off
Committees.
JAPANESE HAD REFUSED
TO TALK WITH RUSSIANS
Eden Has Returned for Recon.
vening of Far East Farley.
Delbos Due Tonight.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 9.-Foreign Min
lister Maxim Litvinoff, Russian dele
gate to the Brussels conference seeking
an end to the Chinese-Japanese war,
announced suddenly today that he is
leaving for Moscow tonight.
Mr.. Litvinoff's departure generally
is regarded as protest against a move
which he thinks is under way to elm
mate Russia from major conference
activities, particularly from confer
ences of committees. Such a move to
exclude Russia presumably would be
an effort to placate Japan.
Russia Not Signatory.
Japanese unofficially have made
clear here that they would exchange
information about the Chinese con-
fiict with Signatories of the nine power
treaty, but not with outsiders. Russia.
not a Signatory to the treaty which
pledges respect for China's territorial
integrity, was invited to the conference
because of her important interests in
the Far East.
The Litvinoff bolt is all the more
sensational because British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden already has
returned from London for continued
conference sessions, and French For
eign Minister Yvon Delbos is coming
tonight.
Incensed Over Italy.
1t was reported Mr.. Litvinoff was in
censed particularly over any plan 10
name Italy to membership on a pro-
posed Cancellation committee and to
ignore Russia. (Russian resentment
has been heightened by Italian ad-
herence to the German-Japanese pact
against bolshevism.)
1t was understood that the United
States delegation will insist upon in
cluding the Netherlands on the COM
mittee, if it now is decided to name
Belgium. England, the United States,
France and Italy.
Mr.. Litvinof leaves Vladimir Potem-
kin, Russian Ambassador to France.
to represent the Soviet nation.
China Sticks to Russia.
China will preserve her friendship
with Soviet Russia-not renounce it
to join any group of powers dominated
by particular philosophy, DR.. v. X.
Wellington Koo, China's representa-
tive here, said.
This was China's answer to reports
from Berlin that more satisfactory
peace between Japan and China
might be achieved If China were to
adhere to the German-Japanese-
Italian anti-Bolshevist pact.
China recently signed non-aggres-
sion pact with Russia. Koo said it
contained no secret clauses. China.
he added, wants to keep the friend
ship Of all nations, particularly her
neighbors.
Conference Delayed.
The afternoon session of the peace
conference had been postponed until
tomorrow when officials announced to-
day Mr.. Eden would not reach Brus-
sells in time for the scheduled meeting.
Both British and American dele
cations said they had news from Toxic
that Japan's answer to a weekend
request for an exchange of views
looking toward settlement of the Chi
nese-Japanese War could not be ex-
pected for several days.
China to Get Bid.
BERLIN, Nov. 9 (R.-Germany. a
usually reliable source said today, will
try to get China to join the anti
Comintern front and to make China s
remuneration of friendship for Soviet
Russia condition of German medi-
alton of the Chinese-Japanese conflict,
Joachim Won Ribbentrop, German
Ambassador to London, returned here
from Rome yesterday after success
fully negotiating the -Comintern
pact which joins Italy, Germany and
Japan.
A source close to the chancellerv
said Won Ribbentrop would be in
trusted with the task of persuading
other nations, including China, to join
the pact.