Japan, the United States, and Manchuria

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Recent Manchurian Policy of the United States

Early Recognition by Japan of the new state of Manchukuo was urged in a resolution framed by the two major parties and unanimously adopted, June 14, by the lower house of the Japanese Diet. Yasuya Uchida, president of the South Manchurian Railway, who is expected to become Foreign Minister in July, strongly favors immediate recognition. Recognition is opposed by the War Office, as likely to limit the authority at present exercised by Japanese military forces in Manchuria, but Uchida is said already to have reached a “complete agreement” on Manchurian policy with Minister of War Ataki. Meanwhile, the League of Nations commission of inquiry, under the chairmanship of Lord Lytton, is formulating its report on the differences of ...

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