ABSTRACT
The Sino-Japanese conflict started at Lukouchiao, known as the Marco Polo Bridge, on July 7, 1937. The Soviet attitude towards China in the Sino-Japanese conflict was most cordial and sympathetic, more so than that of any other country. The Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was concluded on August 21, 1937, six weeks after the Lukouchiao incident, and eight days after the hostilities in Shanghai on August 13. Both China and the Soviet Union were member States of the League of Nations as well as signatories to the Pact of Paris. After the Soviet Union joined the League of Nations in September 1934, the Soviet delegate repeatedly advocated the extension of assistance to China and the application of sanctions against Japan. In 1937 the U.S.S.R. was invited to the Nine-Power Treaty Conference at Brussels, although she was not a signatory to the treaty.
