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Show Italians Back Japan in China Campaign ROME CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE WAR JUSTIFIED U. S. Wins Diplomatic Victory in Tilt With League TOKIO, Oct. 9 (UP) Fascist Italy today came to the aid of Japan which had been condemned con-demned by the world assembly of the League of Nations and the United States for her war on China, it was reported on reliable re-liable authority. fliaelnte Aurltl, Italian ambassador, ambas-sador, held a half hour conference with Kensuke Horlnouctu, vice foreign minister. Afterward the Domei News agency, agen-cy, whose reports are regarded as authoritativs concerning government govern-ment matters, asserted that Auriti assured Japan of Italy's sympathy and support in Japan'a "self-defense" campaign in China. Horinouchi, tha agency asserted, thanked Premier Benito Mussolini, through the ambassador, for hi support, especially at a time when other western power wers against Japan. Reply Withheld The reported Italian assurances came soon after increasing anxiety over America's strong stand caused the cabinet to withhold a formal government reply to foreign condemnations con-demnations of Japanese policy. WASHINGTON. "Oct IN8 Winning a dscisiv victory in a diplomatic tilt with League of Nations Na-tions members over the question of responsibility in initiating the nine-power nine-power conference, the United States today Joined Great Britain in mapping map-ping plans for swift convocation of the parley to stop Japaness "aggression." "aggres-sion." America's adamant refusal to yield to suggestions from London and Paris that the United States assume the lead resulted in league members '"backing down" and agreeing to go ahead with th conference con-ference on their own, it was learned. Brussels Suggested Britain and France will recommend recom-mend Brussels, Belgium, as the site of the proposed nine-power conference confer-ence on the Sino-Japanese war, according ac-cording to report In diplomatic circles cir-cles today. Preliminary exchanges among London, Paris and Washington were said to have convinced the govsrn ments that a neutral venue for the conference waa the wisest course, and that the parley itself would have to be preceded by most elaborate elabo-rate preparations through diplomatic diplo-matic channels. America's victory in the preliminary prelimi-nary diplomatic maneuvering was won when it was made plain the United States' firm attitude is: 1. America will Join the pArley as a algnstory of ths nine-power pact, but only aa such. 2. Shs will not aasums the initiative initia-tive in calling ths conference. This is up to league members who are pact adherents. 1. The United States does not want ths conference held in Washington. Wash-ington. Britain to Take Lead As the result of ths firm American Ameri-can attitude, Britain, it was learned, will contact the other countriea to bring the parley into being. An invitation signed by the other signatories who ara league members will bs sent to the United State as a signatory of the pact. This will leave Japan, which withdrew with-drew from the league in a huff after the body condemned her seizure of Manchuria, out in ths cold unless a special invitation is decided upon. Nippon is one of the signatories of the nine-power pact and the accused violator. Neither Germany, which also flouted th league, nor Russia are signatories to ths pact. Italy la, but has not been aittlng in league meetings because of the league's indictment in-dictment of her Ethiopian conquest. Ths other nine-power nations are i Great Britain. France. China, the i Netherlands, Portugal and Belgium. Norway, Denmark. Sweden, Bolivia Bo-livia and Mexico are adherents to the pact and presumably also will be Invited. |