The, following isa translation, of a letter from Mayor Wa of Greater Shanghai to the Japanese Consul-Geneval in connection with the threat of Japanese authorities Siz—I have the honour to knowledge the receipt of your letter of February 29, the contents of Which are duly' noted. In reply, I should state that since the night of January 28 the Japanese forces have repeatedly invaded our territory and murdered our people: and. their® atrocities committed in violation of all international law and. international treaties and against humanity have formed the Stbjects of my. former protests you, The action of the Chinese troops, on. the other hand, have all, been confined to. self-defence. That the situation should have been been due to the fact that your country has repent edly sent reinforcements here, thereby adding to the catastrophe already endured, If the Japanese forees should continue to attack our troops, the latter could not but be compelled to adopt appropriate measures, for self-defence, and all responsibilities in this connection must rest entire-Ly with you, (Signed) Wu Te-chen.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.