"It must be pointed out that the joint commission of the two "governments" is established out of a desire to prevent unnecessary sacrifices so las to mitigate the sufferings of the people.
"Restoration of peace and order in China will not only bring peace to East Asia, but will benefit the world at large. The establishment of a joint commission of the two "governments" is therefore not for the welfare of China alone.
"World powers which take cognize ance of this fact will be regarded as China's friends and their interests and treaty rights in this country will be respected, but those which continue to extend assistance to the Chiang Kai-shek administration with the hope of gaining illegal interests will be regarded as the nation's enemy. The new administration has no intention of offending any of the Powers, but it cannot remain indifferent to the people's sufferings."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.