CHINA'S CASE AT GENEVA

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 206, 16 September 1937, Page 5

CHINA'S CASE AT GENEVA

Press Assn.—

Japanese Insist on Abject Submission POLITICAL DOMINATION

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(Received 16, 12.40 %.m.\ GENEYA, September 15. Dr. Wellington Koo presented China 's case before tho Leaguo of Nations today. Dr. Koo said that Japan went to China with 300,000 troops in pursuit of political domination, territory and raw cnatcrials, and the elimination of other foreign' nations. Was the League to acccpt lawlessness destroying the world 's peace and order? Dr. Koo declared that the pretext that over-population was driving Japan afield could be dismissed. Japan 's density of population was less than that of some European countries. Similarly, Japan did not lack raw materials. The Chinese good intentions were always frustrated by the Japanese preference for plunder at pistol point and insistence that the Pax Japonica should be based on China 's abject acceptance of Japanese domination. The Japanese Foreign Office spokesman at Tokio, in rebutting the charges made by the Chinese that the Japanese have attacked non-combatants and important educational buildings, states that the Chinese are using the latter as bases. He warned the League that, if it aeted on unsupported Chinese statements, an incident similar to that of Manchukuo would follow.