"The Nationalist Government, in view of the commercial importance of the Three Eastern Provinces and the large number of foreign nas tionals resident therein, will take proper and satisfactory" measures for the maintenance of peace and order, so that both Chinese ant foreign nationals may all enjoy full protection, This responsibility rests solely with the Nationalist Govern: ment. But, in the aforesaid Mu: morandum of the Imperial Japanese Government, it is stated, inter alin, that the Imperial Japanese Govern ment may possibly be constrained. to adopt appropriate and effective measures for the maintenance of peace and order in the Three Easter Provinees. These measures will not only constitute an inter= ference. with China's domes affairs but also x flagrant violation of the principle of mutual respect: for territorial sovereignty—a principle well established in interna tional Such measures the Government can never:
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