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China’s Attitude AGAINST MILITARY PRESSURE. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn). SHANGHAI, March 15. The Nanking Foreign Office announced that the Chinese delegate at Geneva has been instructed formally io inform the League of China’s acceptance of the League’s resolution, but to insist that a settlement of the SinoJapanese dispute cannot be made under military pressure. Further. China is unable to assume responsibility for the State of affairs in Shanghai and Manchuria. Also, China regards the League resolution as including the puppet government of Manchuria, which infringes the territorial and political integrity of China.
Reports from Loyang state that the Szechuenese troops are massing and gradually moving eastward for some purpose unknown. It is believed to indicate the possibility of civil war in that area.
By the week-end, it is expected that three-sevenths of the Japanese forces stationed in the Shanghai area will have returned to Japan.
The League Commission, which arrived yesterday, embarked on a programme of lavish entertainment.
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Grey River Argus, 17 March 1932, Page 4
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