"The Chinese municipal authorities proposed that an equitable settlement be sought through diplomatic channels but the Japanese Government has dispatched to Shanghai a large number of warships and. ade tional armed forces and at the same time. presented various demands calculated to undermine or redug® Chi. nese' strength for self-defence, Japanese aeroplanes have flown over Shanghai, Hangchow, Ningpo and other cities near the Kiangsu and Chekiang coast, undoubtedly with a view to commencing military operations. On the 13th instant, Japan armed forces launched vigorous tacks on the Chinese Civic Centre at Shanghai. Such action together with the dispatch of immense numbers of apanese troops into Hopei after the outbreak of the Lukouchiao incident. clearly shows that Japan is bent, executing her traditional policy" of continental expansion and conquest
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