THE FAR EAST

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 257, 29 October 1937, Page 7

THE FAR EAST

CONFERENCE OF POWERS JAPAN WILL NOT ATTEND "LEAGUE HAS TAKEN SIDES” (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) TOKIO, Oct. 28. Japan’s reply to Brussels, declining the invitation to the Nine-Power Conference, reiterates that the action in China is a measure of self-defence and , consequently lies cutside the purview of the Nine-Power Pact. It complains that the League has taken sides as the proposed conference is linked up with the League's resolution; therefore, a full and frank discussion cannot be expected. The Japanese Government is convinced that an attempt to seek a solution at a gathering of so many Powers, with varying or practically no interests in East Asia, will only complicate the situation and put obstacles in the path of a proper solution, the principal factor of which would be China’s realisation of the necessity for Sino-Japanese co-opera-tion. LEAGUE COMMITTEE MEETING POSTPONED. [ British Official Wireless.] RUGBY, Oct. 27. ■ A Geneva message says that the meeting of the L< gue Committee to consider Sino-Japanese questions, ' fixed for November 5, has been post- ■ poned until a date when it can take 1 account of the results of the Brussels Conference. BRITISH DELEGATION GOVERNMENT’S SELECTION LONDON, Oct. 27. The Government representatives at the Nine-Power Conference will be Messrs. A. Eden and Malcolm MacDonald, who will watch Australian among other interests, and Sir Alexander Cadogan, first Ambassador to China. ' AMERICAN DELEGATION 1 - ‘ MR, DAVIS INTERVIEWED ENTERS CONFERENCE FREELY [ British Official Wireless.] RUGBY, Oct. 27. Interviewed on Ills arrival at Plymouth, en route to the Brussels Conference, Mr. Norman Davis said that the United States was entering the Conference with no commitments. "We hope that Japan will collaborate in trying to find a constructive solution to the difficult problem. No great proposal has been put forward. I can see no definite line of action which can be taken. I cannot discuss hypothetical matters, such as a boycott of Japanese goods." CANADA’S REPRESENTATIVE OTTAWA, Oct. 27. Senator D. A. Durand will represent Canada at the Nine-Power Conference. JAPAN’S APOLOGY BRITAIN’S ACCEPTANCE WARNING AGAINST RECURRENCE [ British Official Wireless.] RUGBY, Oct. 27. Answering a question in the House of Commons, Mr A. Eden informed the House that the British Ambassador had been instructed to acknowledge the Japanese Note of apology for the attack on the British post at Shanghai, and to say that, while the British Government accepted the apology and assurances, at the same time it must make it clear that in its opinion retaliatory fire by British posts was entirely justifiable and must always be expected if ever a case of this kind should recur, MACHINE-GUNNING OF AMERICANS COMPENSATION OFFERED Received Oct. 28, 8.55 p.m. WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. The State Department announced the text of a Note from Japan expressing regret at the machine-gun-ning of Americans at Shanghai on October 24 and agreeing to take measures to prevent a repetition, also , offering compensation and promising to punish the offenders. CHEUFU CAPTURED 1 1 REFUGEES KILLED : MACHINE-GUNNED FROM AIR r I SHANGHAI, Oct. 28. ( The Japanese announce the capture ’ of Cheufu. , Three Japanese ’planes machinegunned and killed 200 Chinese refugees attempting to reach the western area of the Settlement. QUEMOY 'SLAND } ( JAPANESE OCCUPATION I i i HONGKONG, Oct. 27. t After a bombardment by warships ,1 the Japanese occupied Quemoy Island 1 at the entrance to Amoy Harbour. t The Chinese Institution of Interna- 1 tional Relations appeals to the Brus- t seis Conference to impose sanctions ’ against Japan, J