Government response to the Manchurian Incident

• Initial reactions to the Sept.18 Manchurian Incident by Watasuki and Shidehara (409, 411).
• Reactions of the army generals.
• Public reaction. (410)
• Conclusion.
• The League of Nations Intervention and the Lytton Report. (417)
• The emperor's denunciation of the League of Nations and abrogation of all the previous international agreements. (419)
• Increasing Japanese encroachment into Hebei and other provinces south of the Great Wall.  (420-21)