THE FAR EAST.
INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING. THREATENED "BY HOSTILITIES. Received February 25, 12.45 p.m. K WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. •> In sweeping ’ reaffirmation of the United States’s policy Mr H. L. Stimsan, Secretary of State,. to-day, in a letter to Senator Borah, declared that the whole fabric of international understanding in the Far East, including even the balance of naval power agreed upon in 1921-22, was threatened by the Smo-Japanese hostilities. It was partly because of the guarantees in the now disregarded Nine Power Treaty, Mfi Stimson said, that the United States agreed to give up some of its battler ships and abandon the further fortification of Guam and the Philippines. JAPAN’S REPLY TO LEAGUE. Reoeived February 25, 11.0 a.rn. GENEVA, Feb. 24. Japan has handed its reply to the League of Nations. The reply reiterates that the appeal of the Council of Twelve should have been made to China.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 73, 25 February 1932, Page 2
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