SINO-JAPANESE DISPUTE
(To th« Editor.) 1 Sir,—ln last. night's "Evening Post" j there appeared under the heading ,o£ "Japanese- Traders" a statement made by Mr. Yutaka Nakajima respecting the Sino-Japanese dispute. I desire to make the following reply:— With reference to Mr. Nakajima's statement that "Japan did not want war with China," how can Mr. Naknjima reconcile Japan's seizure of Mukden on September 18, 1831, by force, and latterly her military occupation of the whole of Manchuria and Jehol? Even if China, aa emphasised by Mr. Nakajima, did not protect Japanese interests in Manchuria, there are still remedies such as that provided in the League of Nations Covenant, the Nine-Power Treaty, and the KelloggBriand Pact, which Japan could have invoked to attain her object, other than that of employing military force. , In 1-e.gard to the statement of Mr. Nakajima that "China'is in the position of having virtually no nationality," may I point out that such an* assertion is absolutely untrue, and is made merely" aa ii pretext for justification of Japan's invasion of Manchuria.—l am, etc, CHUNHOW H. PAO, Consul for the Republic of China. .Wellington, • . ' ' - ■ May 3, 1033.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 103, 4 May 1933, Page 10
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