CHINA AND JAPAN

Wairarapa Daily Times, 14 March 1932, Page 5

CHINA AND JAPAN

PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

A DEADLOCK. Press Association Electric Telegraph—Copyright SHANGHAI, Saturday. Peace conference efforts have reached a deadlock over the Chinese insistence on an unconditional Japanese withdrawal from the occupied area. There has been some minor skirmishing at some of the outer points. The Mayor has resigned in consequence of the conflict of opinion between the Chinese Government factions after he had promised that the anti-Japanese agitation would be ended.

Peace prospects are growing hourly more remote.

AMERICA’S ATTITUDE,

WASIIINGTON, Saturday

Air Stimson made a statement expressing unqualified approval or the League Assembly’s resolution forming a commission to negotiate tbe SinoJa pan esc dispute, and gave an assurance of United States co-operation. The statement said, in part: —“The nations of the League are united in a common attitude for the purpose of warding oil perilous disturbances in the Far East. Their action is for the expressed purpose of peace, which is found both in the Paris Pact and the League Covenant. This action will go far toward developing into terms of international law the principles of order and justice which underlie those treaties and the United States Government is glad to co-operate earnestly in this effort.” Other administration officials informally termed the resolution as “strong and sweeping,” and are particularly gratified at the specific reference made to the Kellogg-Briand Treaty. However, it is clearly indicated that the United States.’ participation is limited to the military situation. It is understood that the Consul-General in Shanghai has been instructed to oppose the injection of collateral issues and to seek to obviate any political conditions as a price for Japanese military withdrawal there. CONFLICT OF OPINION. SHANGHAI, Sunday. The resignation of the Mayor, General Wutehchen, is due to a conflict of opinion between Chinese Government factions, after lie had promised that the anti-Japanese agitation would be ended. The peace prospects are growing hourly more remote.

GARRISON REVOLT

AIOSC’OW, Saturday

The Chinese garrison in the town of Sakhalin, resenting the hoisting of the flag of the new Alanchurian State, revolted, seized key positions and killed ten Japanese officers. Two civilians were captured. The Japanese Chief of Staff looted four Chinese banks, a large pawnshop and other premises including a Russian trading corporation, and released prisoners ffrom gaol and machine-gun-ned the streets.

The- British manager of the Customs House and his wife were among those in danger in the neighbouring Soviet town of Blngovestehensk, across the Amur River, where they have taken refuge.