Reports in the Shanghai press indicate that Japanese soldiers at Yangtsun interfered with Chinese forces during a battle. This is clearly contrary to the recent announcement of your government guaranteeing neutrality. Our people in this section of China are much disturbed over the above report and we trust that you will uso your greatest efforts to prevent in the future even the suspicion of i terference of any kind in this of conflict.
Chinese Cotton Mill-Owners' Association, Foreign Piece Goods Merchants Association, Foreign Sundry Goods Merchants Association, Export Merchants Guild, Metal Merchants Association, Silk Guild, Tea Guild, Coal Merchants Guild, Timber Merchants Guild, Cotton Merchants Association, Kiangsu, Educational Association and Chinese Bankers' Association.
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