"Thirdly, we believe that it is for the foreign Powers to make the frst move towards reeoneliation. Thu [for everybody has been arguing the circle. The Chinese. Gover rent has repeatedly asked the gations to slop the rigorous [lures of repression. inthe foreign concessions, and the Legations Fepeatedly''roplied that the Chinese Government must first stop the nation-wide agitation, We ask all fair-minded foreigners to consider whether or not the killing of scores of unarmed Chinese citizens on May 80 constituted a prima facie case against the Shanghai police, ant whether the formal attitude adopted by the Legations in their first rely to the protest of the Chinese Government, in which they places the whole responsibility on Chinese shoulders, has not stirred up the ly worthy of atton- intense feeling of injustice and indignation. It is not to be expected that China, which is after all th:
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