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By the Associated Press. 1 | TOKIO, February 24.—Japan believes |that the powers should agree to I more realistic application” of the inter- | national treaties regarding China, aj foreign office spokesman said today. | { commenting on the Japanese reply to | the Iatest not= of the League of Nations | Council on the Sino-Japanese dispute The spokesman denied, however, that | Japan planned to propose a revis | abrogation of the treaties app! |China, but he said the Tokio govern- ! ment was convinced some form of inter- | Inational intervention is necessary “to save China” This, he said, was the “natural implication of Japan's state- {ment on its inability to consider China n organized people. Want Positive Action. Up to now, he added, the powers have merely agreed to keep hands off China and to “let China stew in her own 3t ‘'We belleve,” he said, “that it is time something positive were done, although we have no concrete suggestions now except that for demilitarized zones™ re- garding which the foreign office issued a fecler a fortnight ago. Japanese newspapcrs today made much of reports from Shanghai telling of three Japanere soldiers who volun- tarily sacrificed their lives to place a heavy explosive charge in a Chinese | wire entanglement to blow a gap in the barrier through which the Japanese forces might penetrate. See Danger of War. The newspaper Hochi said in an editorfal that persons abroad, especially Americans, who have talked of an eco- Japan were ereatly mistaken if they believed eco- romic action would end matters there. An economic rupture would surely lead to war,” the editorial said. “The advocates of such hostile measures are actually forgetting the Kellogg pact and inviting the dangers of war." Military Plans Hidden, For the second time this month offi- cial secrecy has closed over important militaly developments in Japan and | an active censorship has kept out of | the neéwspapers information concerning preparations for increasing the expe- ditior force to Shanghai. This was by or of the cabinet. the ! ministry apparently believing that con- | rol of the news might disguise the se- ! rious view which the government takes | of the situation in Shanghai A few early editions of yesterday's evening newspapers managed to print a brief report of the cabinet's decision | to send more men to China, but that was the only information most of the people have had Official supervision of dispatches by, foreign correspondents has taken some odd forms. For example, a keen-eyed supervisor deleted part of an interview given to the Associated Press by Sadao Araki, the minister of war and one of | the strongest and most responsible | members of the cabinet. War Council Meets. Among the developments which the was a meeting of the Supreme War to which the high military paign. Imminent changes in the scope of | vived discussion of candidates for com- mander in chief of the reinforced army, and Gen. Yoshinori Shirakawa, former minister of war, is ‘frequently men- tioned. The great majority of the Japanese people continte to support the gov- ernment’s military decisions and to ap- prove the operations in Manchuria and at Shanghai, for there is a growing realization of the risks involved in the Chinese campaign and it has produced i a determination to see things through. | Japanese patriotism is a strong force, but nevertheless the people are watch- ing anxiously the reaction abroad, es- pecially as it concerns a possible eco- nomic blockade by foreign powers. Judgment Held Harsh. The reaction of the majority seems to be that the Western powers, unable to understand all that led up to the present crisis, have judged Japan harsh- ly and unjustly. Scant intimations reaching here of widespread censure of the Japanese course produces bewilderment in the public mind, and American correspond- ents are asked many times about the chances of the United States and Great Britain joining an economic blockade. When this issue is discussed in care- ful newspaper editorials and in guarded private conversations with leading citi- zens, it is almost unanimously empha- sized that Japan would consider a blockade an act of war, to be opposed by acts of war. WOODRUM BILL FAVORED Measure Changes Name of Insur- ance Company. The House District Committee today ordered a tavorable report on the Wood- rum bill, which changes the name of the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District to read “Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co." It was explained during consideration of this measure that the purpose 15 to permit this company to enter into a larger field of insurance writing, where previously its business has been limited to writing insurance for members of the Masonic fraternity. District’s Heroes in the World War Complled by Sergt. L. E. Jaeckel. S recorded in the official citation. Carl Oscar Allison (Army Serial | No. 2467794), sergeant, Com- pany C. 312 Machine Gun Bat talion, 79th Division, American Expeditionar? Force, received the Dis-| tinguished Service Cross for extraordi- | nary heroism inac- tion with the ene- my in the Argonne Forest, France, No- vember 2, 1918. 1n the face of an- nihilating and di- rect machine gun fire not more than 40 yards distant, Sergt. Allison mounted a machine gun at imminent peril to his life and succeeded in knock- ing out one of the enemy guns and taking 25 prisoners. | Although ~seriously wounded during this most gallant exploit, he remained steadfastly at his gun and assisted the Infantry until weakness and loss of blood forced him to go to the rear. Sergt Allison is now with the con- { gested, present conditions | China e THE EVENING for Situation The text of Secretary Stimson's let- ter to Senator Borah on the Chinese situation is as follows: My Dear Senator Borah: You have asked my opinion whether, as has been sometimes recently sug- in China have in any way Indicated that the so- called nine power treaty has become inapplicable or ineffective or rightly in need of modification. and if sn, what I considered should be the policy of this Government. This treaty, as you of course w forms the legal basis upon which no rests the “open door” policy toward That_policy, enunciated by John Hay in 1899. brought to an end the struggle among various powers for so-called spheres of interest in Ch which was threatening the dismember ment of that empire Invoke Two Principles. To accomplish this Mr. Hay C two principles—(1) equality of comm cial opportunity among all nations in dealing with China and (2) as neces ry to that equality the preservatio :g China's territorial and admunistra- tive integrity. These principles werse not new. in the foreign policy of America he bhad been the principles upor: which rested in its dealings with other tions for many year: China th were invoked situation which not ) the future cevelopment 1 el eignty of that great Asiatic people. but | also threatened to create d and constantly increasing riva tween the other nations of the world War had already taken place yhv tween Japan and China. At the close of that war three other nations inter vened to prevent Japan from obtaining some of the results of that war claimed by her. Other nations sought and had | obtained spheres of interest Partly as a result of these actions a serious uprising had broken out in Chipa which endangered the legations cf all of the powers at Peking. While the attack on those legations was in prog Mr. Hay made an announ nt in respect to this policy as fifimmn qun which the powers | should act in the settlement of the rebellion. He said “The policy of the Government the United States is to seek a sol which may bring about perma safety and peace to China. p Chinese territorial and administr entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly powers by treaty and interna- tional law, and safeguard for the world the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire.” of Other Powers Assent. s successful in obtaining the | asie o7 the other powers to the policy thus announced. In taking these steps Mr. Hay acted with the cordial support of the British nment. In responding to Mr. Hay’s_announcement. above set forth. Lord Salisbury, the British prime min ister, expressed himself “most emphati- cally as concurring in the policy of the United States." For 20 vears thereafter the open dcor policy rested upon the informal com-| mitments _thus made by the various | powers. But in the Winter of 1921 to 1922, at a conference participated in by all of the principal powers which had interests in the Pacific, the policy was crystallized into the so-called nine- power treaty, which gave definition and precision to the principles upon which | the policy rested. In the first, article of that treaty the contracting powers, | other than China, agreed 1. To respect the sovereignty. the in- dependence and the territorial and administrative integrity of China. 2. To provide the fullest and most unembarrassed opp-rtunity to China to develop and maintain for herself an effective and stable government. 3. To use their influence for the pur- pose of effectually establishing and maintaining the principle of equal op- portunity for the commerce and indus- try of all r;:‘t'mns throughcut the territory of China. : 4. To refrain from taking advantage of conditions {n China in order to seek special rights or privileges which would abridge the rights of subjects or citl- zens of friendly states, and from coun= tenancing action inimical to the se- curity of such states. This treaty thus represents a care- fully developed and matured interna- tional policy intended, on the one hand to assure to all of the contracting par- ties their rights and interests in and with regard to China, and on the other hand to assure to the people of China the fullest oppggtunity to develop with- out molestation their sovereignty and independence according to the modern and enlightened standards believed to maintain among the peoples of this | earth At the time this treaty was signed it was known that China was engaged an attempt to develop the free institu- tions of a self-governing republic after her recent revolution from an autocratic form of government; that she would re- quire many vears of both economic and political effort to that end, and that) her progress would necessarily be glow. | Covenant of Self-Denial. The treaty was thus a covenant of self-denial among the signatory powers in deliberate renunciation of any policy of aggression which might tend to in- terfere with that development. It was believed—and the whole his- tory of that development of the “open- door” policy reveals that faith——that only by such a process, under the pro- teetion of such an agreement, could the fullest interests not only of China, but of all nations which have intercourse with her, best be served. In its report to the President an- nouncing this treaty, the American delegation, headed by the then Secre- tary of State, Mr. Charles E. Hughes, It is believed that through this| treaty the ‘open door' in China has at last been made a fact.” i During the course of the discussions | which resulted in the treaty, the chair-| man of the British delegation, Lord| Balfour, had stated that: “The British Empire delegation un- derstood that there was no representa- tive of any power around the table who thought that the old practice of ‘spheres of interest’ was either advo- cated by any government or would be tolerable to this conference. So far| as the British government were con- cerned, they had, in the most formal manner, publicly announced that they regarded this practice as utterly inap- propriate to the existing situation.” Japanese Position Announced. At the same time the representative | of Japan, Baron Shidehara, announced | the position of his government as follows: _ “No one denies to China her sacred right to govern herself. No one stands in the way of China to work out her own great national destiny.” The treaty was originally executed by the United States. Belgium, the British Empire, China, France. Italy, Japan, Look at Your Tongue! Is it coated—are you subject to STAR, Text of Stimson Letter Notifies Senator Borah of This Government’s Position That Violation of Existing Treaties Is Responsible e sick headaches? Then you need to flush out Impurities with Hexasol, the dependable saline laxative. Pleasant, safe and sure. The first thing in the morning stir a spoon- ful or two in s glass of water and drink your own health. At all good drug stores. struction division, Veterans' Adminis- tration. and lives at 1516 Allison street northwest. (mvm:nn&nh HEXASOL Before Breakfast for Health WASHINGTON, in Far East. the Netherlands and Portugal. Subse- quently it was also executed by Norway, Bolivia, Sweden, Denmark and Mexico, Germany has signed it, but her Parlia- | ment has not yet ratified it. ‘It must be remembered also that this treaty was one of several treaties and agreements entered into at the Washington Conference by the various powers concerned, all of which were interrelated and interdependent No one of these treaties can be dis- regarded without disturbing the general understanding and equilibrium which were intended to be accomplished and effected by the group of agreements ar- rived at in their entirety. The Washington conference was es- | sentially a disarmament conference, med to promote the possibility of ace in the world not only through e cessation of competition in naval mament but also by the solution of other disturbing problems threatened the peace of the world, particularly in the Far East. These problems were all interrelated. The willingness of the American Gov- ernment to surrender its ‘then com- manding lead in battleship construc- | on and to leave its positions at Guam and in the Philippines without further fortification, was predicated upon, among other things, the self-denying covenants contained in the nine-power treaty, which assured the nations of t rid not only of equal opportunity for their Eastern trade but also against the military aggrandizement of any other power at the expense of China. Other Promises Considered. One cannot discuss the possibility of modifying or abrogating those provi- slons of the nine-power treaty without considering at the same time the other promises upon which they were really | dependent. Six years later the policy of self-de- nial against aggression by a stronger against a weaker power, upon which the nine-power treaty had been based, received a powerful reinforcement by the excution by substantially all the nations of the world of the pact of | Paris, pact These two treaties represent inde- pendent but harmonious steps taken for the purpose of aligning the consclence and public opinion of the world in favor of a system of orderly develop- ment by the law of nations including the settlement of all controversies by methods of justice and peace instead of by arbitrary force. The program for the protection of China from outside eggression is an essential part of any such development. The signatories and adherents of the nine-power treaty rightly felt that the orderly and peace- ful development of the 400,000,000 of people inhabiting China was necessary to the peaceful welfare of the entire world &nd that no program for the wel- fare of the world as a whole could afford to neglect the welfare and pro- tection of China. Opposes Modification. The recent events which have taken place in China, especially the hostilities which having been begun in Manchuria have latterly been extended to Shang- hai, far from indicating the advisability of any modification of the treaties we have been discussing. have tended to bring home the vital importance of the faithful observance of the covenants therein to all of the nations interested in_the Far East. It is not necessary in that connection to inquire into the causes of the con- troversy or attempt to apportion the blame between the two nations whica are unhappily involved: for, regardless of cause or responsibility, it is clear beyond peradventurs that a situation has developed which cannot, under any circumstances, be reconciled with the obligations of the covenants of these two treaties, and that if the treaties had been faithfully observed such a situation could not have arisen. The signatories of the nine-power treaty and of the Kellogg-Briand pact who are not. parties to that conflict are not likely to see any reafon for mod- ifying the terms of those treaties. To them the real value,of the faithful per- formance of the “treaties has been brought sharply home by the perils and losses to which their nations have been subjected in Sranghai. That is the view of this Government. We see no reason for abandoning th. enlightened principles which are em- bodied in these treaties. We believe that this situation would have been avoided had these covenants been faithfully observed, and no evi- dence has come to us to indicate that a due compliance with them would have interfered with the adequate pro- tection of the legitimate rights in China of the signatories of those treaties and their nations. U. S. Position Made Known. On January 7 last, upon the instruc- tion of the President. this Government formally notified Japan and China that it would not recognize any situation, treaty or agreement entered into by the so-called Kellogg-Briand | those governments in violation of the covenants of these treaties which af- fected the rights of our Government or its citizens in China. If a similar decision should be reach- ed and a similar position taken by the other governments of the world, a caveat will be placed upon such action which, we believe, will effectively bar the legality hereafter of any title or right sought to be ohtained by pressure or treaty violation, and which, as has been shown by history in the past, will eventuaily Jead to the restoration to China of rights and titles of which she may have been deprived. In the past our Government, as one of the leading powers on the Pacific Ocean, has rested its policy upon an abiding faith in the future of th» peo- ple of China and upon the ultimate success in dealing with them of the principals of fair play, patience and mutual good will. We appreciate the immensity of the task which lies before her statesmen in the development of her _country and its government. The delays in her progress, the in- stability of her attempts to secure & responsible government were foreseen by Messrs. Hay and Hughes and their contemporaries and were the very ob- stacles which the policy of the open door was designed to meet We concur with those statesmen, rep- resenting all the nations in the Wash- ington Conference, who decided that China was entitled to the time neces- |sary to accomplish her development. |We are prepared to make that our policy for the future. D. C.. WEDNESDAY, CHINA WILL HONOR SLAIN AMERICAN Will Ask Short’s Mother to Allow His Body to Be Buried in Orient. By the Assoclated Press. | SHANGHAL Februady 24—T. V. Soong, former finance minister of the | Chinese Nationalist government, said | today he was telegraphing the mother | of Robert Short, American flyer re- ported shot down and killed at Soo- chow yesterday in an engagement with | Japanese planes, asking her to allow her son to be buried in China. | He said the National government wished to give him a military funeral and to grant him posthumous honors within the aviation service. The Na- tional government, he added, would in- form Short's mother that it was appre- ciative of what her son had tried to | do for China and regretful of the fatal outcome. In spite of the fact that Chinese offi- cials here took it for granted Short was killed, advices from Nanking today were indefinite about it. Dispatches said it was reported there that an | American flyer had been killed at Soo- | | chow while fighting Japanese, but no | official report from Soochow had been received at Nanking. The American consulates at Nan- king and Shanghali also said today they had received no information concern- ing the incident. | Gen. Tsai Ting-Kal, commander of the Chinese army here told newspaper men at his headquarters today that he was advised from Nanking that Short| was killed at Soochow “while flying a commercial plane.” The Le Gale Co., | however, American importers of Boeing airplanes such as Short was flying when | he left Shanghai last Friday for Nan-| king to deliver a plane td the Chinese government, said the plane in question was a military pursuit ship carrying two machine guns fully equipped with ammunition. Short's body was recovered, although badly burned, according to the infor- mation available here and it is now | understood to be on the way to Shan- | ghai by _authority of Chinese officials. The Chinese press here featured the, | story today and lauded Short as “a | great friend of China, seeking to assist her against Japanese aggression.” 'DANGER OF GENERAL TREATY REVISION SEEN BY STIMSON (Continued From First Page.) | show its truly peaceful intentions, also | agreed to dismantle the fortifications it possessed in its naval bases in the | Western Pacific, at Guam and the iPhflippines. Statement Is Cited. Secretary Stimson in his letter to Senator Borah makes this statement, which is full of meaning: “No one of | these treaties (the nine-power pact,| | the four-power pact and the navai | pact) can be disregarded without dis- |mrbmg the genera! understanding and the equilibrium which were intended to be accomplished and effected by the group of agreements arrived at in | their entirety. The Washington Con- | ference was ‘essentially a disarmament conference, aimed to promote the pos- sibility of peace in tie world. not only | through cessation of competition in naval armament, but also by the solu- | tion of various other disturbing prob- lems which threatened the peace of the world, particularly in the Far East. | These problems were all inter-related | The willingness of the American Gov- ernment to surrender its commanding lead in battleship construction and to | leave its position at Guam and in the | Philippines without further fortifica- tions was predicated upon, among other | things, to self-denying covenants con- | tained in the nine-power treaty, which assured the nations of the world not only equal opportunity for their East- |ern trade, but also against military | aggrandisement of any other power at the expense of China. | Here the Secretary of State takes the opportunity of serving notice upon the other powers as to how important he considers the maintenance of all treaties: “One cannot discuss the possi- | bility of modifying or abrogating the provisions of the nine power treaty, without considering at the same time the other promises upon which they were really dependent.” Cites Other Treaties. Mr. Stimson further refers to the| other peace instruments signed since | 1922 and especially to the Briand-Kel- logg pact. He says that: “If these | treaties had been faithfully observed | such a situation (as the present one in | China) could have never arisen.” This is the view of this Government. We | see no reason for abandoning these en- lightened principles which are embodied in these treaties. We believe that this | situation would have been avoided had these covenants been faithfully observed, | and no evidence has come to us to in- | }dlmtc that a due compliance with them | would have interfered with the adequate | protection of the legitimate rights in | China of the signatories of these treat- | ies and their nationals.” | . Secretary Stimson's letter is bound to have a tremendous repercussion through- out the world and principally in China, Japan and Great Britain,™> The Chinese are shown by this letter that this country is far from bowing be- fore mere force and that it Is standing | by China to see that the treaties which guarantee her territorial integrity are observed The Japanese will be given a chance | to_seriously- consider their present ac- | tion and the consequences of their wag- ing war on China in deflance of treaties to which they have themselves pledged without any compunction on our side. British Have Agreed. | .. The British are reminded that at all times, since Secretary Hay declared the principles of the open-door policy, they ve fully agreed with our stand on the | thorny Far Eastern question. Secretary Hay acted in 1899 with the cordial support of the British govern- ment. Lord Salisbury. the then prime minister of Great Britain, expressed | himself “most emphatically as concur- ring in the policy of the United States.” Later, during the discussions which resulted in the nine-power treaty, Lord Balfour, the principal British delegate, had stated that “the British Empire delegation understood that there was no representative of any power around this Is Marlow’s SERVI high quality of Mar: drivers, the fair-deal 811 E St. NW. How About SERVICE? us! You'll be pleased with the prompt- ness of our delivery, transaction. Order our Famous Reading Anthracite today, and prove it! Dependable Coal Service Since 1858 Marlow Coal Co. CE in step with the low Coal? Just call the courtesy of our ing we show in every NAtional 0311 FEBRUARY | develop free institutions and the powers | ~ | nese, with no apparent gains by either. | 24, 1932. PACTS IN DANGER IN ORIENT, NOTE BY STIMSON SAYS (Continued From Pirst Page.) these had emphasized the vital impor- tance of observance of existing treaties. | He held it unnecessary to attempt to | apportion blame for the controversy, with the statement that whoever is af | fault a situation plainly has developed that cannot be reconciled with treaties | in force. Further, he said, if the treaties had been respected the trouble would r ve arisen. The nine-power treaty, Stimson | wrote. was entered into by Japan and [China’s territorial and administrative the other signatories at a time when | China was engaged in an attempt to| realized China would Tequire many | years to attain that end Covenant of Self-Denial. “The treaty was thus a covenant of | self-denial 2mong the signatory powers | in deliberate renunciation of any policy of aggression which might tend to| interfere with that development,' the | Secretary said in part. “It was believed —and the whole history of the de- velopment of the ‘open door’ policy reveals that faith—that only by such | a process, under the protection of such | an agreement, could the fullest interest | not only of China, but of all nations | which have intercourse with her best be served.” The Secretary reminded that “on January 17 last, upon the instruction of the President, this Government for- mally notified Japan and China tbat it would not recognize any situation, treaty or agreement entered into by those governments in violation of the covenants of these treaties (the nine- power and the Kellogg-Briand treaties) which affected the rights of our Gov- ernment or its citizens in China.” “If a similar decision should be | reached and a similar position taken | by the other governments of the world," | he continued, “a caveat will be nlaced upon such action which, we believe, will effectually bar the legality here- after of any title or right sought to be maintained by pressure or treaty violation, and which, as has been shown by history in the past. will eventually | lead to the restoration to China of rights and titles of which she may have been deprived.” | Admiral William V. Pratt, chief of naval operations, in a message to Ad- miral M. M. Taylor, commander of | the Asiatic Fleet now at Shanghai, to- | day expressed his “hearty approvai” of | Taylor's urging of forebearance on the | commanding officer of the Italian cruiser Libia, struck today by a Chi-| nese shell. Will Return Fire. _The Libia's commander had informed Taylor that if the shelling reoccurred he would return fire. Taylor took the position that such action would be in error unless there was evidence the shelling was intentional. The British and French senior naval officers had concurred in Taylor's opinion. Taylor reported little activity in the | fighting between the Chinese and Japa- Ambassador Claudel of France took | occasion today to deny rumors that his government had an understanding with Japan and was supporting its policy. A statement from the French embassy said “he wishes to reafirm that such an opinion is positively without founda- tion; furthermore, he is sincerely con- cerned about the' serious repercussions | which such unfounded rumors may create in the Far East for the personal security of many innocent men and women." M. Claudel has had many opportuni- | ties since the beginning of the crisis to assure the Secretary of State of his country’s full co-operation. Besides, the public actions of France have largely proved the spirit of co- operation, for which Mr. Stimson has repeatedly expressed his appreciation.” Cublication of a news dispatch from Shanghai to the effect that Japanese military authorities yesterday engaged in the ruthless killing of men, women and children 1n the vicinity of Kiang- table who thought that the old practice | of spheres of interest was either advo- cated by any government or would be tolerated in this conference. So far as | the British government was concerned, | it had in the most formal manner pub- Licly announced that it regarded this practice as utterly inappropriate to the | existing situation.” In the last six weeks the British gov- ernment has supported wholeheartedly the American policy in regard to the Far East and the Secretary's note is likely to draw the gevernment and the people of that country still closer to the wan race course met with a denial to- day from Col. . Washizu, military at- tache of the Japanese embassy. The report said that many “Chinese roldiers had been disguising themselves as innocent peasants and had been con- cealing arms about their persops in order to engage in sniping.” Last night the Chinese legation is- sued a statement from its government concerning the “so-called” independ- ence movement in Manchuria, where a | separate state has been set up under | Japanese guidance. | “The three eastern provinces, alse known as Manchuria, are always an in- tegral part of China,” the statement said, “and any usurpation or interfer- ence with the administration therein | constitutes a direct impairment of | integrity. Article 1 of the organic law | of the national government of October | 4. 1928, which was proclaimed in Man- | churia as well as the other provinces | of the republic, provides that the na- | tional government will exercise all the governing powers of the Chinese re- public. “The provisional constitution of June 1, 1031, expressly provides that the ter- ritory of the Chinese republic consists of the various provinces. Mongolia and Tibet, and that the Chinese republic will be a unified republic forever SUPERIOR High above other A Orienda Totiee acuum Sealed! “The territorial, political and admin- istrative integrity of the Chinese Re- public, besides being an attribute of a sovereign state according to the inter- national law, is guaranteed by article 10 of the League Covenant and article 1 of the nine-power treaty. Such guaran- tee has been implemented by Japan when she adhered to the League Coun- | cil resoluticn of the 30th of last Sep- tember. ¢ * * “The National government has re- peatedly and emphatically protested against the illegal actions of the Japanese government and hereby again declares that it will not recognize the secession or independence cf the three eastern provinces or any part thereof or any administration which may be | organized therein without its authority and consent.” A\ Dr. J. Thos. Kelley, jr. T IS a milk—with Soft we have served. American viewpoint. 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