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...18th of this month that the Japanese troops on the South Manchuria Railway, falsely alleging the destruction of a bridge by some Chinese, instantly started in many directions to disarm the Chinese garrisons in South Manchuria. The railway zone being soon outrun, the Japanese soldiers speedily occupied Mukden, the capital, and practically all other strategic points. Hundreds of Chinese were killed. Altogether there are now more than 14,000 Japanese troops in Manchuria. Additional forces had landed in Tsingtao, farther south in the province of Shantung, and gunboats appeared in the Liaotung Gulf. Since the news agency in Manchuria...
...instrument of national policy." It has been accepted by almost all nations, including Russia. Before it was formulated M. Litvinov proposed a pact of "total disarmament" among all nations (TIME, Dec. 12, 1927). He was called a trickster. Russia, it was said, would only pretend to disarm under such a pact. Next year M. Litvinov was back with a plan for "partial disarmament" by all nations (TIME, April 2, 1928). Again he was sat upon, sneered...
...full limitations of her naval treaties, Senator Walsh said, "Yes, but only because this is the only way to achieve ultimate disarmament." He explained that in past disarmament conferences, the United States has been handicapped by having a navy that was relatively small and not being able to disarm to as great a degree as other nations with already topheavy fleets if the United States were armed up to the ratios, she could then agree to any cut in a percentage basis with other countries, and still maintain proper protection against any world power...
Scott Nearing, the well-known sociologist, will speak on the question. "Can the Empires Disarm" at the Harvard Liberal Club, 66 Winthrop Street, at 1.30 o'clock this afternoon. All members of the University are cordially invited. Luncheon will be served to club members only, from 12.45 to 1.30 o'clock...
...projected naval reduction pact to be explicitly based on the obligation to disarm, implicit in the Kellogg Pact under which most of the nations of the world have already "renounced war as an instrument of national policy...