793.94/1833: Telegram
The Consul at Geneva (Gilbert) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:15 p.m.]
127. Consulate’s 123, September 22, 6 p.m. The text of identic telegrams despatched today by the President of the Council to the Governments of China and Japan is as follows:41
“I have the honor to inform you that the Council of the League of Nations in its session today devoted to the appeal of the Chinese Government based on article 11 of the Covenant with regard to the situation in Manchuria has authorized me unanimously,
- (1)
- To address an urgent appeal to the Governments of China and of Japan to abstain from any action calculated to endanger the situation or to prejudice the pacific settlement of the problem.
- (2)
- To promulgate, in consultation with the Chinese and Japanese representatives, adequate means to compel [enable?] both countries to proceed immediately to the withdrawal of their respective forces without compromising the security of their nationals and the protection of their belongings.
- (3)
- The Council has furthermore decided to transmit, for purposes of information, the minutes of all the meetings of the Council and the documents concerning this affair to the Government of the United States of America. I hold the firm conviction that in response to the appeal that the Council has authorized me to address to you, your Government will take all necessary measures in order that no action susceptible of endangering the situation or of prejudicing the pacific settlement thereof may be taken.
Furthermore, I shall begin the consultations foreseen with the representatives of Japan and China for the execution of paragraph (2). I have consulted on the decision taken in paragraph (3) with the representatives of Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy.”
- For official English text, see Senate Document No. 55, 72d Cong., 1st sess.: Conditions in Manchuria (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1932), p. 4.↩