CRISIS ONLY POSTPONED

Taranaki Daily News, 20 January 1933, Page 7

CRISIS ONLY POSTPONED

SINO-JAPANESE DISPUTE WILL JAPAN LEAVE LEAGUE TWO YEARS’ NOTICE NEEDED By Telegraph—Press Assn.— Copyright. Rec. 5.5 p.m. Geneva, Jan. 19. The Sino-Japanese crisis is postponed, not averted. The committee of nineteen rejecting Japan’s counter-proposal decided, if the suggestion of American and Russian co-operation is abandoned, to ask Japan whether she will accept the remainder of the resolution. Such acceptance involves agreeing that the Lytton report should be the basis of con.ciliation, and a refusal makes Japan responsible for a breach with the League on matters of principle. Though the committee of nineteen indicated it was prepared to abandon‘the co-opting of non-League Powers, America and Russia, if Japan agrees to the committee of nineteen’s terms, there is no expectation that Tokio will withdraw its main contention that the future of Manchukuo is bound up in the destiny of the Japanese people. Rejection of the committee of nineteen’s proposals will involve a breach with the League of Nations. If the committee of nineteen fails to come to an agreement with Japan a report will be drawn up stating the facts and making recommendations, which Sir John Simon indicated would probably be an endorsement of the Lytton Commissions findmjapan’B withdrawal from the League can .be effective, only after two years notice, and the League has full authority to deal with the Sino-Japanese dispute even if Japan serves notice of withdrawal. ' , ~ The Manchester Guardian’s Moscow correspondent says that correspondence between Japan and the Soviet regarding the proposed non-aggression pact discloses that Japan does not desire a pact until the disputed questions are settled. The Soviet is of the opinion that a better atmosphere for settlement will prevail after the conclusion of the pact. Japan’s proposal, which was accepted by the Soviet, is the establishment of a permanent Soviet-Japanese Manchukuo frontier commission to settle local incidents as they arise.