Mr. S. Yada, Japanese Consul-General, when questioned concerning the widespread rumour to-day that the Japanese Consul-General in Nanking had been shot, stated that up to this" afternoon he had continued to receive telegrams "from Nanking and that there was no re-
Drum to thi League of, by General Tan Yen-kai, Chairman of th. port of an untoward incident there, Nationalist Government Council:
"Sir Erie Drummond, "Secretary-General of the League of Nations, Geneva, "On behalf of the Nationalist Government of the Chinese Republic, the chairman of the said Government, beg to draw your attention to the grave situation which arises from the despatching of large numbers of Japanese troops into the Chinese Province of Shan-
You are urgently requested to summon a meeting of the Council of the League in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article XI of the Lewaue Covenant. It is earn astly urged that the League shall request the cessation of hostilities on the part of Japanese troops and their immediate withdrawal from Shantung, As regards the final settlement of the whole affair, the Nationalist Government being fully
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