STATE OF MANCHUKUO

Southland Times, Issue 21820, 24 September 1932, Page 5

STATE OF MANCHUKUO

LYTTON COMMISSION’S REPORT.

BELIEVED AGAINST RECOGNITION.

(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) London, September 23. The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says tlie Lytton report on SinoJapanese relations has been received, but will not yet be published. It is understood the commission is unanimous that the new state of Manchukuo should not be officially recognized. The commission found it impossible to reach an agreement with the Japanese Government on these lines. It is believed that the League will recommend a middle course, replacing the Manchukuo Government by a local administration, giving Japan full control of the railways and insisting on the disarmament of all Chinese forces in the country. ' CUSTOMS BLOCKADE CHINA’S LATEST ACTION. ENDLESS CONFUSION EXPECTED. (Rec. 11.20 p.m.) Shanghai, Sept. 23. Nanking’s second step in the economic war against Manchukuo comes with the announcement that the Executive sanctioned the enforcement on September 25 of a Customs blockade of the new State to counteract the functioning of new Customs houses established in the Manchukuo cities of Shanhaikway, Antung, Darien, Yinghow and Manchuli. Manchukuo announced that China would be treated as an alien country following Japanese recognition of the new State, thereby subjecting all goods from China to the same Customs duties as foreign imports. Endless confusion is anticipated. A postal blockade of Manchukuo has already been enforced.