JAPAN’S POLICY

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 96, 17 January 1933, Page 9

JAPAN’S POLICY

Manchukuo Problem CONCILIATORY TONE Discussions at Geneva By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received Jan. 16, 9.15 p.m.) London, Jan, 15. The Geneva correspondent of “The Tinies” says it is understood that the sub-committee of five’s resolution, which the committee of nineteen will consider on Monday, has been amended to meet the Japanese objections. The sub-committee’s recommendations, based on the Lytton report, that Manchukuo should not be recognised and that a gendarmerie should be established to keep order in that country, have been pushed so far into the background as to be barely discernible. The Japanese attitude is likely to be conciliatory but dilatory.

Cynics suggest that a conciliatory tone will be maintained until the present phase of the Jehol operations has been completed a fortnight hence, after which Japan’s policy will depend upon the ground gained at Geneva in the meantime. NO HOPE FROM LEAGUE Chinese Conclusion “MUST DEFEND HERSELF” (Received Jan. 16, 11.45 p.m.) London, Jan. 16. The “Manchester Guardian’s” Geneva correspondent says: “The Chinese delegation has advised its Government that nothing can be expected from the League, and that China must defend herself against Japanese aggression. A regular SinoJapanese war seems alfnost inevitable. China may leave the Disarmament Conference feeling that disarmament is impossible In the present conditions. If China leaves Geneva she will inevitably be forced into the arms of Russia, whose influence in China would become predominant.”