a olipy. Tha arembrs af fhe Claisrpittee oi Alinafean nót appointeb

oalg Uambet o? fbe Uamrarifterr aha tuok arfir-tm 01 th5si. X

m. !3%3&~8 ama Qom fmn the pía%lornr; $0 ecpeak t;o m@ &ouá $Bs Y

gmaml)a qutsrrffcm, H1) ataggsrjtad ttbt i% wuld be m13 foz us t o

that f s t b recaianandatiom. I cosdiaLll agreed. A* a%-

ths ama* Powersr srjnd that the next ttrpilk. .~sroulb be c ~ i n axtrew?lcy

b ~ l i a % t e ane, that we muld havs %o bd prrrff aulsr!fy aaraful,

Ris m vienr r r a that whíle aa mab bvrs thrs 46br l e f t open t o

Ar t io le 16, we a ~ c u a t da nothiaog tc , fmf t e tb fnmaatian of

tha* atriole. I again agraed wlth bis genere2 prinaiplers crad

axpreeese& sy wtlltngne~~ %o htlve~ si more ctatalled oaa~ul4aition

at m y tinte*

c)n c3rirt~dw nigM, f: odlled m E d m , B ~ i f ieh Bema~-

a a n t a t f ~ e , á t h i a %ergeat. '.Te d i c ~ ~ ~ b e d EIQFJB tl18m$l?l~3nt

y~obX8ms tind W~en the p ~ i o i o n reqarbsng %he Par Rmf, Tm

could urtdexireke tn perpetultp not %o recrogatoe Itilanohulnro

fh8 psiat aleh me. Ha dsó a d d that Bx i tdn had ao. fnPaa-

really oona~med w i t h thcr puraly lsgaí upeot. f i aa, 2

thougbt i t no ham Zo mation t a Mm that it uaurd Xaad to

furfhar ini~un&rstcPxu'llng o f thn 3xitish poaiffaa, m d #a%,

indead, I b a r a 'talsgzsm hdl g a s to Vaohingtooi thaf d y

t o #e effaaá Obrst ths British arttitude rua eubart&ai4

w b t i 3x1 bad $wt tal8 m e . This esriimad t o in)istset, &f no$

not underatanb boff Bhe Ameriorr~ss gat ho34 of t*. ) Tbe sea& goiat &ait wi%h rrag that rcsferxing t a t'kae

ual1ed iza on tbie p i n t enti aeild that be p + r s W l y sodd i#c

wllling to etrsagthen fhe rsst af raport f f the aamgaratf-

omitted, I;Ie r a s afraíd that tha almse, &ole he ltne~ mry

boyaatt and that that mulld laad to aaotbr Shrmghai affair ,

entffiled tu use boyaott when the $Oppoarlag aoun%ry uaaci

m e d forcre withln thelr terrltory. $den ras inalineb t o

agree with the latiter statemnt. 1 said that, Rtrther- 3

more, fhe lieorstariat 'a Waft Report referrsd t o a boyoott, 1' I J

offialai or ssml-offiaial, as bing an unfrisndly mt.

Pereondily, I ntls sxtremsly doubtfui if thls ras ptaper

or oorreot;. The wrds *unfriendly aata baB a very definlte

wts mxe 1aying dom a new grinoiple in infernatiotzal l a w .

f should have mentfdned earlfer that on Soturday riternaon,

m. Prentls Oilbert, one of the Amerlaan rsprrrsentcttivssr

hsre, ualled an %o discuara ths two Sou%h-mriam dis-

putes, bindJ incf dsntdly , f he par Easf sí tuation, f3s h d

been told by sameaía that th Brftieh a t t i tude with rsgard

t o non-recrognitioa was eonethlng $irnilar t o the otatemrene

made t o me by Edan lafer Lis Ohs ervening. 3 vas mabla fa

@ve h i m a a y lnfomstion on the poinS.

Dear Mr, Preaident,

Pou wrre good eaough t o invfte mmbere o f the Comm%ttes

oi Miuetaen rho rere not appointed by you t o $he Dr-ing

Gomittea %o put forward any wgge8tlona they might have r i th

reoard t o amendments t o the draft reaort. While raaerving,

of oourse, all aiy rights t o re-aonsider %he draiting ae l t aiay

emerge from the Drafting Committee I would l i k e t o reoal% my de-

ularatton at thiet l a a t meeting o t $he Committee of Nlneteen.

1 drea attention t o soma points o f d e t a i l and alsa t o the fact

that oertain artialefof t b e Covenant had been Invoked, and that

in my oginion the Aasemblg ia making a repor% on the dispute

should take note of f h i a t a a t and make a dealaration as fo the

bearing of the eatabliahed faota on the artioles lnvoked. I

suggeated that in the oourae of our etatement of the i a a t a we

should not heaitate t o draw oonoluaions: l i , for exampls, the

faata show that one of t be partiea ha4 falled t a oomgly w l O h

Artiole 13 we ahould state that the Government uonoerned had

not uomglied s i t h that Artiolet that nould also be one oi the

faota of the oase,

1 understand the C o m l t t e e i a now about t o deel with

gart 2 o h t h e drafting report and Z would draw ths attention of

t h e DraPting Comittee t o one or two other suggestíoas, I

nould suggeat that on pago 18, 3rd paragreph, 6th line, the

tex t ahould be amsnded to ehow that the Chinese Covernment ha&

invoked A r t l o l e 10 aa well as Artiols 15, sn8 that the

~ h s q g e should be, rnade i n the penultimate llne oa the sans pwe. P

InvoEratIon a t Artiole 10 l a osrtainlg one o t the faots of the

diapute,

Perhaps the Committae aould also eonaider W i t wuid

insert on pase IZO, 1st paragraph, fha iolloiringt-

Pour le peuple ohinols, la Wdohourie fdt part ie Intdgrante de la Chine e t il resaent tras vivement; touta tenfative tlsant !!A a6parer oetta gartie du reste de la Chine. Ltautorit4 Btablie en Uk~dohourier axerae une lnfluenae conslddrable sur lea af'fairos bur reate de la Chine 8% biapose b'avantagss =stra- t6glques et politigues inoontestables. Sdparer en droit ou en ia i t oes provinoea du reste de la Chine os serait arder pour l'avenir un grave frr6dentlsnre pul aonstituerait une mnaoe pow &a paix, *

The abme 1s extraoted fiom the Ljttton Report) tha lat$sr

part betng fiom Ohapter Q ahioh nould not be aovefed by $he

adogtion of' the firair 8 ohapters Ln the beglnning of the

offioial draft. Ii this were inoluded bhe hsiemblg wouid be

expresaing the vlerrr that the oomplete segaration o? Manehu~ia

trom the rest of China ia lar ar in faat woul4 oreate a grave

Tbe Carmnittee w i l l reuall tihe* on g u e 31 ef the

Lytton Report, 1Prenah Text, the rollowfng paragraph appaarirt--

LtindBpandancre gzroolam8e par le mar8ahal Uhang-Tso-lin & hifidrente Bpoques nta jamais algni i i6 que lui-&me ou ja pogulation da ?Eaa&ohourie ddsiralant etrt, se-

" parea da l a Ohlne. 38s d e s n'ont pas smcihi-la Chine oomme 8'11 a*agissait drun pays Btranger, mais aimplement gour partiuíper ?a la guerre ~ I v l L e r

* C O P E lee ffselgneurs de la uerrsW de toute autre * provlnoe, la mardohal a tant f t appuyd, tant0t atfsqud le COuvernmeatt aentral our ¿idolar6 eon tarritoire indd endant be a8 gowernement, mata jamais d'une

m mani g re quf impl iq~&t l e moroellement de l a Chine en Etats e8pt3r6s. Au oontraire, la piupart des gunitrea airQlea ohinoises ont $te direotement our indlreotement l i d e s B queique projet ambftiewr viaant & unirier &e * pays sous 19autorit6 d'un gouvernemant vraímnt fart. A travera toutes sea guerree e t toutes ees periodes

N citwinddgendanoen, la hkndchourie eat dono reste8 partle bt8grante de la Chinew.

I thlnk i t aould be ~ e l l thet t h i s should be lnaerted a5 paga 84

after the f i r a t oaramaoh, O n nnañ 21 t s n l i t d niia~ncrt kitp.): +he

firat santenoe of the garagraph ahouid be replaoed by tke 3

exaot phrase used on page 40 of the Lytton Report, It ruis as

f olloiirs : -- * D1autre part, le Japon avait d a n ~ la mBm p$riode,

aoquis ou revendique en Mandohouria da# droita e l exaeptfonnels, restreignant h un t e 1 poiat L'exerolua de 1s souverainet6 de la Chine, qutil dtoit nomal qu'un oonflft se probulsllt,"

of a sentenao to the ef foot that this hypothabia even i$ l t had

been verified would , in any way, change the legal oharaoter oi

the Japanase aation on the night of the 18th and 19th N ~ ü m b e r *

% page 26 f: venture t o suggest that the Conmilitea

rnight add at tkie snd of the aeoond paragrotph the f011i~r0~lng:- - ' Le mafntien e t La reoonnaissanoe bu regime aatuel en

Mandohourle ne áonstltueraient pas une' aoluf ion eratla- falsante e t ne seralent pas oompatibles ni avea les prinoipea fandementaux dea obligations internationaies existantes, ni aved la bonne entente entre la Chine e t le Japon, dont ddpend la paix en Extreme-Orient. Cette solution es% uantraire eux int4rQta de la Chtzle. Elle ne t ient pas oonpte des voeuz de la population de la Efmdohourie e t 11 est tout au moiw douteux qulelle serve B la longue lea int4rPts prmanents du Japonw.

'

The above t e x t 1s htom page 138 of the Lyttoa &port. As it 1s

in ohapter 9 it would not be oovered by tha adoption of the

in the situatfon anb the duty of the Menbers of the Leqpe,

It xould seem that ir in our reoommendations we are going t o

make a deolarat ion regarding t he non-reaognit ion of 12ancrhuria

the above statement 1s en esdential jpwlimlnary a8 a basls Par

The pagea in the drafting repor t quotecl above are thoss

1 have not nade any suggestlone for the mmient wlth re-

gard t o the first part of the report apl I underetanti the C o d t t c t r

has aUeady finished i t p l rsdrafting oi thaB part,

1 ehould be vory muoh obl iged if you would be kiad

enough t o gut these poiats before the Drafting OommiFtee.

1 have the hanour t o be,

The Presidenti of t he Drafting Gommittee, Seoretariat*