We have much pleasure in' acceding to the request of the Consul-General for Japan for the publication of the following telegram, which he is requested by the mayors of the principal cities in Japan to announce to the public of Shanghai "In answer to inquiries too numerous for individual replies, and in hope of cor. recting some erroneous impressions that exist abroad, we, mayors of the principal cities of Japan, beg to give our assurance that normal conditions prevail through. out the Empire of Japan in war which is as orderly as Japan in peace. Business men and travellers who contemplate visiting our country will encotinter no inconvenience and will be exposed to no danger. The ordinary means of communication by land and sea are not and cannot be interrupted, Japan and its territorial waters are not within the war zone; and positions and advantages of our fleet and armies insure Japan against invasion.
(Signed) Mayors of Tokio, Yokohama, Osaka," Nagasaki, Kioto, Kobe, and Nagoya." og
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