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At the Japanese War Office fiery General Minami openly roared: "The League has exposed its weakness by inviting America, and America has provoked the Japanese people by attending the League!"

At the Japanese Foreign Office sturdy, Rooseveltian Baron Shidehara revealed that the League Council had secretly despatched to him a "forecast" of ten recommendations which the Council rather thought they might make. One of these was that Japan promise to withdraw her troops from the occupied Manchurian zone within three weeks.

Promptly Baron Shidehara cabled Mr. Yoshizawa to inform M. Briand (which he did at 1 a. m., routing the old Frenchman out of his bed) that Japan:

1) Will reject the Council's ten recommendations if they are ever made.

2) Will continue to contest the "principle" of U. S. Council sitting as "illegal" (Sitter Prentiss Gilbert was rumored in Geneva to have said, while sitting last week, not one word).

3) "The Government of Japan," cabled Baron Shidehara, "is firmly convinced that the present situation is not one to be considered as of a nature to cause the danger of war between Japan and China."

In Washington, Japanese Ambassador Katsuji Debuchi called on Secretary Stimson and changed the emphasis on Baron Shidehara's second point. He said that Japan, while reserving the right to object to procedure questions before the Council, had waived all objection to the presence of the U. S. delegate.