"Nevertheless," it asserts, "there are features of the situation which Call for much firmness. The of the Japanese does not seem to be due to indiscipline. They aim at squeezing out our nationals by faking. a conditions Ee for gonilicts as excuses for pone them, and they also aim at-explo
their own footholds."
"The position of all Western Powing their rights in the International Settlement at Shanghai Japan is plainly there to exploit the emergency conditions in order to snatch permanent advantages."—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.