FAR EAST PROBLEM

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 306, 24 November 1932, Page 7

FAR EAST PROBLEM

ADVICE TO THE LEAGUE. NEITHER COUNTRY BLAMELESS. BASIS OF SOLUTION. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received November 24, 8.55 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 23. Discussing the League of Nations and Manchuria, the Times says neither China nor Japan is blameless for the violent turn of events. “It is impossible for the League Council to pass upon one or other party a sentence of guilty. The whole task of the League must bo to regularise, in collaboration with tlie countries concerned, a position which has grown haphazard and gradually establish a system acceptable to both sides. Such a solution is clearly stated in the Lytton Report. “The League cannot retransform by a stroke of the pen the Republic ot Manchuria into a Chinese province. On the other hand, it can and should refuse to recognise the State of Manchukuo because its existence conflicts with the findings of the Lytton Commission on the basis of which the League must find its solution. The League must refuse to accept any settlement not meeting the. legitimate needs and wishes of the population.” REPORT ON MANCHURIA. REFERRED BACK TO COMMISSION (British Official Wireless). Received November 24, 11.50 a.m. RUGBY, Nov. 23. The League of Nations Council decided that the Lytton Machuria Commission should meet to decide whether in the light of the speeches they had heard by the Chinese and Japanese delegates, they desired to modify their report.