793.94/4779b: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Cunningham)
97. For the Consul General and the Minister. In comment on the action taken by the Assembly of the League of Nations on March 11, 1932, a statement was made to the press by the Secretary of State, text as follows:
“The nations of the League at Geneva have united in a common attitude and purpose towards the perilous disturbances in the Far East. The action of the Assembly expresses the purpose for peace which is found both in the Pact of Paris and the Covenant of the League of Nations. In this expression all the nations of the world can speak with the same voice. This action will go far toward developing into terms of international law the principles of order and justice which underlie those treaties and the Government of the United States has been glad to cooperate earnestly in this effort.”