"The Chinese Government desires to take this opportunity to repeat Most emphatically the declaration already made on several occasions, that any act done by such an unlawful organization as that which has just been sot up at Nanking, or by any other puppet body that may" exist elsewhere in China, is ipso facto null and void, and shall never be recogniz~ ed by the Chinese Government or people, "The Chinese Government is convinced that all self-respecting states will uphold the law of justice in the conduct of international relations, and will never accord de jure or de facto recognition to the Japanese upper organization in China, "Any manifestation of such recogni 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 -rment and people ate as determined as ever to continue their resistance—until Japanese troops have been comdiately driven out of Chinese territory and until right triumphs over might," the note coneludes—Reuter.
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