"The Chinese Government desires to take this opportunity to repeat most emphatically the declaration al-made on several occasions, that act done by such an unlawful organization as that which has just at Nanking, or by any body that may exist China, is ipso facto null a shall never be recogniz-Chinese Government or tion, in whatever form or manner, would be a violation of international law and treaties, and would be considered as an act most unfriendly to the Chinese nation, for the consequences of which the recognizing party would have to bear full responsibility.
"Whatever Japan may attempt do in China, the Chinese Go ernment and people are as determined as ever to continue their resistance until Japanese troops have been completely driven out of Chinese territory and until right triumphs over it," the note concludes—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.