PEACE CONFERENCE

Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1932, Page 5

PEACE CONFERENCE

' JAPAN AND CHINA RESOLUTION OF LEAGUE. r j (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, March 10. The text of the resolution on me i Sino-Jupanese dispute, to he proiunui .0 before the General committee ot ti.e Assembly, was circulated to' the delegates to-day, and its terms were teleit, graphed by their representatives to the i Japanese and Chinese Goveiinneiits. \ The text is of considerable length, and is based on the Articles ol the Covenant at the Paris Pact. It is divided into four paragraphs. The first lays down that the Assembly recognises that the Covenant can be applied to the present dispute. The second affirms that it is contrary to the spirit of the League 'and the Covenant to find a solution by military pressure. The third deals with the previous resolutions of the Council and the principles which were laid down, including the withdrawal of Japanese forces. The fourth provides for the estabV lishment of a Commission, including ' the President of the Assembly (M. Hymans), all the members of the Council, except Japan and China., six members from the Assembly t 6 be elected by ballot. Its general purpose will be to supervise and promote the peace negotiations, ESTIMATE OF CASUALTIES. WITHDRAWAL OF JAP TROOPS. SHANGHAI, March 11. The Japanese authorities announce that, should a complete agreement with the Chinese be reached, the Japanese' troops will commence' their withdrawal from the Shanghai area, leaving a small contingent, sufficient to ensure safety to Japanese residents. Chinese officials estimate their killed y and wounded soldiers at nine thousand, and the Japanese killed and wounded, both navy and army, roughly at two thousand five hundred, hut it is estimated that- the Chinese casualties are considerably more. BURYING THE DEAD. SHANGHAI, March 11. Though the tension in the Settlement is relaxing, and the curfew period reduced, the Japanese are still responsible for maintenance of order in the occupied areas. Chapei authorities are refusing '.- any assistance while the Japanese re- [ main. The Japanese since the cessation of i hostilities have been occupied in burying the Chinese dead, some merely tipjping the bodies into abandoned trench- • e* and covering them with a thin layer of earth. A Kobe message, dated March 11, states that the League Commission sailed for Shanghai this afternoon, with of ten Japanese, attached in Tokio. Lord Lytton stated that he received wonderful hospitality in Tokio but was looking forward to the Chinese version, besides viewing things actually happening.