Japan in Manchuria

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7027, 10 December 1932, Page 7

Japan in Manchuria

WILL RISK LEAGUE’S CENSURE. United Pres 3 Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. GENEVA, Dec. 8. Mr Matsvoka, the Japanese delegate, at the afternoon session, concluded the Japanese case for the occupation of Manchuria with a remarkable extemporo address comparing Japan to Jesus of Nazareth and declaring that Japan was ready to be crucified for her opinions and risk incurring the severest censure of tho League rather than alter her standpoint regarding Manchuria. Mr. Matsuoka accused the League of having encouraged China to resist. Ho did not believe the whole world’s opinion was against Japan. Even if it were, public opinion might be wrong and might chango as it had boforo, when Christ was crucified. Japan was on tho friendliest terms with Russia, and hoped shortly to conclude a treaty of non-aggression. “Look at the difficulty of our position now with America facing us across the Pacific and Russia facing us from the North,’ 1 he concluded.

Su and Ma Not Handed Over OFF TO GENEVA Received Friday, 9.10 p.m, SHANGHAI, Dec. 9. Tho Chinese are greatly excited over the reports that tho Soviet intended handing Generals Su Ping Wen and Ma Chan San to tho Japanese and arc petitioning Nanking to prevent this course. However, Moscow reports that General Su lias received permission to proceed to Geneva to obtain a hearing on the Manchukuo questions. Meanwhile tho Soviet has instructed Russian officials to provide refugees with profitable employment, besides affording them harbourage.