Lytton Commishon Essay, Research Paper
Lytton Commission
We, representatives of the League of Nations, would
like to give our League of Nations Official
Pronouncement following the events of the Mukden
Incident and the formation of Manchukuo. First of all,
we would like to list the facts accepted by both Japan
and China. On the 18th of September, 1931, a track of
the Southern Manchurian Railway was detonated by a
bomb. As a result of this detonation, the Japanese
army advanced into Machuria thus creating a puppet
state, Manchukuo. China declares that this is a act of
aggression and turn toward the League of Nations for
aid. On the 10th of December, 1931, the League of
Nations has sent a commission to investigate the
events that took place. From the six weeks we spent
there, we inquired two very different stories from
both opposing sides. First, Japan claims that the bomb
was set off by Chinese willing to disrupt the growing
Japanese bussiness.The act of advancing into Manchuria
was o
of self defense. As a leading power in East Asia, it
is their responsibility to keep it free from
lawlessness. China gives a entirely different view of
the whole incident. China claims that the Mukden
Incident was set off by members of the Japanese army
to further enslave their people. Japan has been
fighting China not only for keeping peace, but for
rather their only benefits. Ever since the Meiji
Restoration, Japan has always wanted raw materials and
Manchuria was just too good to be true. China also
claims that they have been torn apart by civil war but
are trying to unite the torn country again when
suddenly the Japanese suddenly intervene. After a
long discussion, we League of Nations find China
guilty for the Mukden Incident and the form of
Manchukuo. China has no right to have Manchuria under
Chinese rule. If the dynasty had been more powerful
and modernized, then the Mukden Incident would have
not happened thus not creating the Manchukuo.