LIST OF PAPERS



        THE FAR EASTERN CRISIS

CHAPTER II: APRIL 17-JUNE 30, 1934-Continued



Subject



Memorandum by the Secretary of State
  Inquiry of the British Ambassador as to the Department's
attitude toward Sir John Simon's recent statement concerning
special Japanese rights in China; reply that the Department
was not disposed to complain about the matter.
From the Ambassador in Great Britain
  Analysis of the British Government's attitude and action
with respect to the Japanese statement of April 17.
From the British Ambassador
  Sir John Simon's answer (text printed) to a parliamentary
question concerning the phrase relating to special Japanese rights
in China.
From the Consul at Geneva (tel.)
  Conversation with the Chinese Minister, who related Avenol's
advice that the best position for the Chinese in the League Tech-
nical Assistance Committee would be to ignore the Japanese
public declarations and to proceed on the assumption that the
assistance to China would continue as planned.
From the Minister in China
  Information that the Chinese Government has decided not to
alter its present policy with respect to the question of postal
service between China proper and Manchuria, but that it has
discussed two possible methods of settling the question of through
traffic on the Peiping-Mukden Railway.
From the Consul General at Mukden to the Minister in China
  Report of the appointment of Bishop Gaspais as the temporary
representative of the Catholic Church in "Manchoukuo," and
Japanese press comment that the appointment constituted de
facto recognition of the new state by the Holy See.
  (Footnote: Denial in news despatch from Rome that this ap-
pointment in any way implied a recognition of "Manchoukuo.")
To the Secretary of the Navy
  Reasons for Department's reluctance to issue a general
instruction to consular officers to report on movements and
concentration of Japanese vessels, as requested in Navy Depart-
ment's letter of April 27; information, however, that the Consul
at Kobe, Japan, is under standing instruction to report monthly
on Japanese shipping.
From the Ambassador in Japan (tel.)
  Advice that the French Ambassador is of the opinion that the
French reply to the Japanese statement will cause a reopening
of the discussion of Japanese policy since it refers to article 7 of
the Nine-Power Treaty with which the recent Japanese state-
ments of policy appear to conflict.
To the Ambassador in Japan (tel.)
  Substance, as reported by the Paris press, of the French note
to Japan; information that the French Government, desirous of
adopting an attitude in accord with the policies of the United
States and Great Britain, had delayed its note until action had
been taken by the other two countries.



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