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The Report of the Assembly of the League of Nations on the Sino-Japanese Dispute
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2017
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1 The draft report presented to the Special Assembly is published in League of Nations Document, A (Extr. ). 22. 1933. VII. Two slight changes were made in the draft as it was adopted, for which see Documents A (Extr. ). 22. 1933. VII (addendum), and A (Extr. ). 22 (a). 1933. VII. The report has recently been published by the World Peace Foundation, as “ The Verdict of the League, China and Japan in Manchuria. ”
2 League of Nations Official Journal, 1931, p. 2307.
3 Id. , p. 2340.
4 Action under Article 11 seems to require unanimity. Yet it was not made clear at the time, that the draft resolution was not adopted; the President of the Council declared it “ adopted unanimously except for one vote. ” Id. , p. 2359. The report adopted by the Special Assembly on February 24, 1933, makes it plain that the draft resolution of October 24. 1931, is not to be regarded as having been adopted
5 League of Nations Official Journal, 1930, p. 2374.
6 The Consular Commission made four reports to the Council. For the texts, see League of Nations Official Journal, 1932, Special Supplement No. 101, pp. 194-206.
7 In identic notes sent to the Chinese and Japanese Governments on January 7, 1932. United States Department of State Press Releases, January 9, 1932, p. 41.
8 Records of the Special Assembly (Official Journal, Special Supplement No. 101), I, p. 87.
9 Ibid. (Official Journal, Special Supplement No. 102), II, p. 16.
10 For the text ofthe report of the Commission of Enquiry, see League of Nations Document, C. 663. M. 320. 1932. VII, and annexes to the same. The report, without the maps and annexes, was republished by the United States Department of State as Publication No. 378.
11 In 1925, the Commission of Enquiry sent by the Council of the League of Nations to investigate the incidents on the Greco-Bulgarian frontier performed a notable service, but it dealt with a less acute and a less complicated situation. For its report, see League of Nations Official Journal, 1926, p. 196.
12 Verbatim Record of the Special Assembly, December 9, 1932, p. 1.
13 The establishment of the League of Nations Radio Station was due to a recommendation of the Commission of Enquiry in the Greco-Bulgarian dispute in 1925. League of Nations Official Journal, 1926, p. 208. This was the first occasion of its use in connection with an international dispute.
14 The representative of Siam abstained from voting.
15 Report of the Commission of Enquiry, p. 130.
16 Document A (Extr. ). 32. 1933. VII. By paragraph 6 of Article 15, members of the League agree not to go to war with any party to a dispute which complies with the recommendations of a unanimous report.
17 Document C. 152. M. 75. 1933. VII.
18 Verbatim Record of the Special Assembly, 18th meeting, February 24, 1933, p. 1.
19 Department of State Press Releases, February 25, 1933, p. 146.
20 Document A (Extr. ). 38. 1933. VII.
21 The report has also served as a precedent for the report adopted by the Council, under paragraph 4 of Article 15 of the Covenant, on March 18, 1933, relating to a dispute between Colombia and Peru.
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