The National Chamber of Commerce has realized -that the best foreign sentiment is decidedly friendly to China. Hence the resolutions passed at a special meeting of the Chamber on the 23rd instant. The resolutions call upon the Hankow Committee to come to the aid of China by urging upon the respective governments that they forbid the sale and importation of munitions of war, and to refuse loans to the Central Government and the provinces as long as they have not set their house in order.
Naturally foreign nationals in China cannot stand by and view with complacency the capture of their fellow nationals by brigands, the destruction of their property, the ruination of their homes, the interference with their work, all in defiance of clear treaty rights. They must demand the release of foreign captives and the protection of foreign lives and property. But this does not mean that they are eager to see foreign intervention. They would far rather see China make. life and property secure without foreign intervention. The Hankow Committee and the constituency it represents is friendly to China and eager to cooperate with every Chinese individual or organization standing for law and order and for the sacredness of life and freedom, whether of Chinese or foreigners.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.