IN FIGHTING MOOD

Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1932, Page 5

IN FIGHTING MOOD

CHINA’S DEMAND

WILL DRIVE OUT JAPANESE.

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

SHANGHAI, December 17. Sponsored by .several leading figures in tiie Chinese Government and politi-

cal world, a 'startling proposal, indicating the impatience of the .Chinese Over the delay 0 f the League to reach any decison regard'ng the Manchurian situation and thus allowing Japan to consolidate her position, was made today at the third plenary session of a conference between the Government and the Kuomintang at Nanking, which \vn s attended by every important executive throughout the country.

The proposal insists that the Government should immediately concentrate troops for the purpose of recoyering Manchuria by armed force at the first opportunity, and also demands that the Government and Kuomintang officially direct the boycott against Japanese goods and intensify the antiJapanese .movement 'throughout the

country. The resolution points out that since th© Japanese entered Manchuria the Chinese have appealed to the League of Nation® without securing any satisfaction, since the League itself has no power, being dependent upon the wishes of-'the bigger nations, which, although sympathetic towards China, cannot take steps which would offend Japan.

The proposal ’ then outlines the individual attitudes of Britain, America and France vis-a-vis Japan, claiming that all are so desperately engaged with their own national difficulties that they ar e unable to devot e proper attention to a situation which threatens to shatter the peace of the Far F,ast and possibly the whole world. The proposal states: ‘‘Since Chinese territory has ‘been invaded by foreign ©is, the Chine.se must devise their own measures to drive them out. It is futile and shameful to hope for outside assistance. It -is now obvious to the Chinese that the League is playing for time, hoping for on© of the following three .solutions: —(1) That China, due to her own weakness, through internal disorder®, may accept Japan’® terms. (2) That Japan, due to the financial stringency, may overthrow the militarist regime and may eventually make concessions. (3) That both the Chinese and Japanese may agree to a compromise.”

The proposal concludes: ‘Meanwhile we must rush troops and .supplies to Manchuria to as-sist the volunteer armies in fuffiir struggle® against Japan. Prolonged resistance will deal a deathblow to the Japanese military pro-

gramme.” The proposal then refers to the intensification of the boycott, claiming that China is entitled to take measures of resistance, which are much milder than Japanese aggression which has slaughtered thousand® of Chinese innocents.