The American Note recit "the essential American vessels were on the Yang. tze River by the uncontested and incontestable richt that they were ving the American ting, that they were engaged in legitimate appropriate business, that they at the moment were conveying American facial and private personnel away from noints where danger devetoved, that they several times chanced positions and were moving up-river to avoid danger and that they were attacked. by Japanese bombing planes.
"ginee the beginning of the present) unfortunate hostilities between Japan and China, the Jananese Government and various Japanese authorities at various points repeatedly nesinrnd the Government authorities of the United States that it fs the intention and purnnee of the Jananese Government and iInnanese armed forees to respect fully the tights and interests of other Powers.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.