Show PAN REFUSES ES TO ARBITRATE Insists Upon Settling Differ Differences Differences Differences With China Through Diplomatic Channels MANY MATTERS IN DISPUTE CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY IN MAN MANCHURIA MANCHURIA MANi CHURIA MOST IMPORTANT i March 30 lOThe The Japanese government gov government gO has asserted ass in the most positive posItive positive tive terms that it is unable to accede to the suggestions of China that pend pending pendIng pending ing questions with regard to Manchu Manchuria ria be referred to The Hague for arbi arbitration arbitration arbitration It that this sug suggestion suggestion suggestion shows a lack of courtesy and it attributes the Chinese change of at attitude attitude attitude In this matter to malign in influences influences Answering a request for an expression expression expression sion of the views of the government concerning Chinas proposal that the questions be referred to The Hague the foreign office today gave out the following carefully worded statement Not an Ultimatum Several questions between Japan and China of more or less importance with reference to Manchuria remain unadjusted Some are complicated but all nIl readily could be made to yield to the diplomatic process of give and take Japan fully fUll appreciating the advantages advantages of removing all causes of misunderstanding misun misunderstanding from her relations with her neighbors made proposals to China looking to the final settlement of out outstanding outstanding outstanding standing differences These Thes proposals proposal were wore framed in a spirit of consideration and conciliation and were In no sense an ultimatum Japan expected that the th terms offered would serve as a abah basis bah of negotiation or as points of oC de departure departure departure for reciprocal concessions and andai ai accommodations China Suggested Arbitration China Chinn at flitt fint apparently accepted Japans friendly overtures In n the spirit in which they are tendered but malign Influences were here permitted p pt to prevail I and without discussing dl the questions question I ir tr making any counter proposals hina categorically rejected Japans lifer and antI suggested recourse to The ThelIa Hague lIa ue In ln adopting this extraordinary ry nurse oure China is 18 guilty not only of si sight courtesy to Japan but has dis disregarded regarded one of the expressed pro I of The Hague convention and anil has completely reversed the usual ourse ours of or procedure Article 41 of The Ha ue convention On declares that the 1 court is maintained for tho object of facilitating recourse to arbitration of international differences impossible to settle by diplomacy t Not Ripe for The Hague In the present case the recourse to diplomacy has not only not been ex e exhausted i i hausted but it has not even been appealed to The questions in dispute I have not been made the subject of full detailed discussion and negotiation be between between between tween the two governments and no at attempt attempt attempt tempt has been made to compose the differences or ascertain how far they are The questions ate not ripe for such differences diplomatic effort would first have to be exhausted and the ex exact exact exact act points at issue ascertained and specified The controversy covers overs a wide range of Interests and calls for a cor correspondingly correspondingly correspondingly wide range of accommodation accommodation accommodation dation The powers immediately con concerned concerned concerned having plenty of authority to pool all issues if necessary are alone competent to settle the questions in a satisfactory manner and no solution not satisfactory to all concerned will stand the test of time and the stress of competing interests It is therefore ther fore extremely unfortunate ate that China has allowed herself to tobe tobe tobe be to make the wholly Im Impracticable Impracticable impracticable practicable suggestion of arbitration |