"This is a tea garden on the outskirts of Tispur, the capital of the Kingdom of Dai and Thailand, the photo was taken on April 17, 1942, the women are picking tea leaves under the scorching sun, the scenery here looks beautiful, there are no bayonets and blood, but they have to work for more than 16 hours a day, and they only get 200 to 250 grams of rice, which is not enough for everyone here to fill their stomachs with a lunch, but they have to feed themselves and the elderly and children in the family, hunger is very serious in the local area, This is contrary to the commitments 6 and 7 made by the Government of Japan in 1939 in Resolution 19 of the League of Nations. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"This is the oil refinery in the northern city of Digeboy, the kingdom of Dai and Thailand, filmed on May 2, 1942, with workers in rags, working more than 16 hours a day, also without enough food, and without medical care, and in the summer, the death rate of workers is very high. The Japanese soldiers shown in the photographs were scattered throughout the factory, and they were free to beat or even kill disobedient workers without reporting anything to their superiors. This is a violation of the 1920 Convention of the League of Nations and the commitments 4th, 6th, 7th and 11th made by the Government of Japan in League of Nations Resolution No. 19 of 1939! ”

This is the village of Kusa on the outskirts of Digboy, and the photograph was taken on May 26, 1942, four days after the Japanese garrison commander in the Dai Kingdom, Lieutenant General Kimura Hyotaro, was killed by guerrillas, and the entire village had been razed to the ground, and all 349 villagers, including children and pregnant women, had been spared. Personally, I believe that this is no longer a question of violating conventions or commitments, but wantonly trampling on the most basic human ethics and morality of our civilized society, and completely ignoring the right of human beings to live! ”

"This is the village of Toseva, located 12 kilometers north of the village of Kusa, the photograph was taken on May 27, 1942, again there is not a single house left, 420 villagers, only 3 people survived. According to their accounts, the Japanese soldiers entered the village that morning, searched every house, but did not find the person or thing they were looking for, so they asked the villagers to dig a large hole in the field, forced everyone in, and then fired at machine guns, and then buried them on the spot...... It is also trampling on the right of human beings to live in civilized society! ”

"This is the village of Monsa, located in the north of Digboi, on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, and the situation is basically the same as the previous two villages, where more than 400 villagers and their livestock were brutally slaughtered, their bodies were thrown into the river, and a few days later they were found downstream, and this and this and this were all taken by journalists, hikers or engineers......"

"Gentlemen, the situation is all too clear, Anglo-Indian Assam, with a population of nearly 20 million, became nominally an independent Dai Thai kingdom after the Japanese occupation, but the economy, military and politics are completely dependent on the Japanese government and its occupation forces, and the living conditions of the people are very bad, and the most terrible thing is that the Japanese army is rampant here, killing at will, making this rich land one of the darkest corners of civilized society. Before 1934, there were only four countries in South Asia, but under Japanese occupation, they were divided into 17 large and small countries. The increase in the number of countries did not improve the economy and living standards in South Asia, and was only a means for the Japanese army to maintain order in the occupied territories and plunder various resources. Considering the past performance of the Japanese army on the Korean Peninsula, in China, in the Philippines, in South Asia, in Australia, and even in Hawaii, I personally believe that this army is a bunch of beasts of civilized society - yes, beasts, not even savage humans! In order to stop this beast from encroaching on more land, enslaving more people, and even returning our civilization to primitive times, it is necessary to join forces to curb its terrible expansionist ambitions, cut off its tentacles reaching across Asia and the Pacific, and finally drive its unethical army back to the Japanese archipelago. In view of this, the Government of Ireland believes that comprehensive sanctions should be imposed for a period of five years until the Japanese army accepts the presence of League of Nations military observers and proves to be effective in improving the right to subsistence and living conditions of the local population. ”

At a regular meeting of the Council of the League of Nations, the representative of Ireland spoke on a series of photographs projected on a slide. The 20 members of the Security Council who attended the meeting, including the representatives of the Soviet Union and Russia who attended the meeting as observers, were all shocked by the phenomena reflected in these photographs. If there was a representative of the Japanese government at the scene, he would definitely be questioned and criticized by everyone, and even killed by indignant eyes, but as early as two years ago, the Japanese government was expelled for launching another war of aggression against China and refusing to accept the peace resolution of the League of Nations Congress.

Compared with the international pattern of the old time and space, the course and outcome of the two world wars have changed significantly, and the birth and existence of the League of Nations are also very different. Nominally, the League of Nations is still an international organization that guarantees the territorial integrity of member states and the right of the people to exist, settles international disputes, and organizes international disarmament, but during the two wars, it was basically an international arena for the Allies to wrestle with the United States and the United Kingdom, and after World War II, the Western Allies completely dominated. Italy and Austria-Hungary had long had close trade relations with Japan and its puppet states, and a considerable part of the resources plundered by Japan in the Asia-Pacific region flowed into these two countries, nourishing the big capitalists and the ruling class, and helping the two industrially dependent Central and Southern European countries through two economic crises.

It is for this reason that during the voting stage, the two permanent members of the Security Council both voted against it and rejected the Irish government's proposal for comprehensive sanctions against Japan. In accordance with a resolution of the Council of the League of Nations in September 1940, all 46 member states of the League of Nations imposed trade sanctions on Japan, including military products and non-combat vessels, aviation vehicles, vehicles, and heavy industrial machine tools that could be used in auxiliary operations, for a period of five years. Under these circumstances, the trade between Italy and Austria-Hungary with Japan went underground, and in the past two years, tens of thousands of tons of arms or auxiliary military supplies were still secretly sold to the Japanese-occupied areas and then transferred to the Chinese battlefield.

From a strategic point of view, although the German government tended to suppress Japanese expansion, Berlin's attitude changed subtly as the Soviet Russian army showed considerable land and air power in the Northeast Asian theater, so after Italy and Austria-Hungary jointly vetoed the bill of comprehensive sanctions against Japan, Germany did not diplomatically force them to make concessions, but turned the issue to Australia, which continued to be under Japanese occupation and control according to the armistice agreement signed between the United States and Japan in 1938. Australian military and civilians are allowed to freely choose to stay and go for a certain period of time. Today, among the more than 4 million permanent residents of Australia, there are still 2.2 million white people, and their living conditions are slightly better than the aborigines of South Asian countries, but compared with the white people living in European and American countries, they are undoubtedly still struggling to make ends meet, and with the tyrannical nature of the Japanese army, the killing of white Australians still occurs from time to time.

In view of the worrisome living conditions of these white people, the German representative quickly put forward a new motion, that is, on the condition that the scope of sanctions would not be raised or the duration of the sanctions would be extended, in exchange for the Japanese side allowing the League of Nations peacekeeping troops to be stationed in the predominantly white areas of Australia. If Japan refuses strongly, Germany will join the United States, Argentina, Ireland, Wales and other countries to impose comprehensive sanctions on Japan, and take measures such as raising tariffs and restricting imports and exports against countries that maintain trade with Japan.

Prior to this, the 20,000-strong League of Nations peacekeeping force had been largely symbolic and had only played a role in a few regional conflicts in Africa. In order to meet the considerable needs of Australian peacekeeping, the representative of Germany also proposed that the League of Nations peacekeeping force be expanded to 200,000 troops, and that Germany would provide at least 100,000 troops and sufficient funds to purchase weapons and equipment from the League of Nations member countries. In addition to the significant increase in size, the League of Nations will also form at least 20 battalions of armored units and 40-50 squadrons of aviation units, most of which will be sent to Australia in batches after the assembly is completed and the necessary training is received.

Italy and Austria-Hungary abstained from voting on the League Council on the proposal proposed by the German delegates, and the bill was adopted. With the unwavering support of the United States and some of their hardcore allies, the Germans were confident in forcing Japan to make concessions, but the League officials who went to negotiate with the Japanese government were mercilessly slapped in the face. The Japanese were apparently still worried about their expulsion from the League of Nations, and not only did they not approach the League of Nations officials with official courtesy, but they also mocked them and then closed their doors to send them off. The war of 1934 brought about a radical change in Japan, with oil, rubber, and all kinds of ores being transported back to the mainland from more than 10 million square kilometers of occupied areas, light and heavy industries developed by leaps and bounds, and the living standards of the Japanese people skyrocketed. Under such circumstances, both the Japanese military base camp and the Japanese government cabinet selectively ignored the threat of sanctions from the Western world.

Despite being poured cold water, some League of Nations members have always been enthusiastic about expanding their peacekeeping forces. Under the leadership of Germany, the expansion plan was determined with astonishing efficiency, and the US government, which intended to reorganize its national defense, took this opportunity very seriously, and they decided to send 40,000 elite troops to participate in peacekeeping, and the French, who had been politically stable and economically recovering in recent years, were eager to return to the international arena, and this time won 10,000 troops, and the Kingdom of Ireland sent 20,000 troops, Spain and Sweden each sent 5,000 troops, Italy and Austria-Hungary symbolically sent hundreds of troops, and the part that was short of the goal of 200,000 was finally made up by the German army. In addition, according to a strategic plan drawn up by the German General Staff, nearly one million active German troops could directly participate in the war in the name of the League of Nations peacekeeping force when the situation necessary.

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