DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLICATION 1232 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price 15 cents OCT26 '38 CONTENTS Page The Nine-Power Treaty of Washington of February 6, 1922 Invitation of the Belgian Government to the Conference at Brussels, Postponement of the Conference, October 27, 1937 Reply of the Japanese Government, October 27, 1937, to the Invitation Address by His Excellency Mr. Augusto de Castro, of Portugal Comments of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 4, 1937, on the Japanese Reply to the Invitation to the Conference and the |