"We presume that our (telegram of September 20 last, advocating a general armistice, has received you: careful perusal. In the meantime the dogs of war are still at largo causing havoc. The joint telegram from the Chinese Envoys accredit>4 in 12 foreign countries well bespeaks our concurrent opinion. The graphic [exposition of their embarrassment in foreign lands and the pathetic appeal to the military leeders to close Tegations abroad as an alternative for the cessation of civil struggles cannot but further strengthen our desire for peace and unit "Further, these long years of internal military disturbance have already caused our economic struc: ture to crumble and aggravated our
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