793.94 Commission/448: Telegram

The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

1188. Following from Reuter, Canton, October 11:

“After several days deliberations the Southwestern Political Council in statement issued tonight declares that recommendations of Lytton report are worse than Twenty-one Demands, contending that proposed autonomy solution will enable Japan to gain monopolistic sway over Three Eastern Provinces under cloak of international control.”

Johnson