JAPENESE WITHDRAWAL

Taranaki Daily News, 29 March 1933, Page 7

JAPENESE WITHDRAWAL

ENDORSEMENT BY NATION ‘THE ONLY COURSE POSSIBLE’ “FURTHERANCE (5f PEACE” CLAIM TO HOLD MANDATES By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 11.10 p.m. Tokio, March 28. Popular reactions everywhere prove the nation’s entire endorsement of the decision to withdraw from the League of Nations. The vernacular newspapers unanimously express satisfaction, stating it is the only course possible. They are convinced that the time has come to show that Japan’s actions in Manchuria are unselfish and in the furtherance of the peace of the Orient. The sole note of bravado is attributed to members of the navy regarding the suggestion that Japan must abandon the mandated islands. “Let whoever wants them try to get them,” was one remark. DANGER OF LOOSE TALK. BRITISH NEWSPAPER COMMENT.

Rec. 10 p.m. London, March 28. Discussing Japan’s withdrawal from the League of Nations the Daily Telegraph says that loose talk about economic boycotts and embargoes and requiring Japan to hand back the mandate over the Caroline Islands will do nothing but excite unnecessary heat and resentment. The News- Chronicle says nothing will weaken the League more than the presence of a nominal member whose whole policy is steady defiance of both the letter and the spirit of the Covenant. With Japan’s withdrawal that scandal ends. POSITION OF THE MANDATES. ACTION DENIED BY AMERICA. Rec. 10 p.m. Washington, March 27. Holding that the Japanese withdrawal from the League is purely a matter between Japan and Geneva the State Department withheld comment on Tokio’s action to-day regarding the Japanese Press reports that the United States, Germany and China have a tacit understanding for a united front against Japan’s retention of the mandated islands in the South Pacific. The department said such rumours were “Too absurd to be dignified by a denial.” It was said the status of the islands had not even been considered by the Roosevelt administration, and there was no intention of discussing it unless there were further developments. It is recalled that the United States has always insisted on being consulted as to the disposition of a mandated territory and still adheres to that principle.