Correspondence on the attack on the British, American and Japanese Consulates at Nanking by Nationalist troops; anti-foreign agitation at Chunking and Shanghai; an arrangement between Clementi and Admiral Boyle to carry out further punitive action if necessary against the Bias Bay pirates; reports of a plot to assassinate Clementi, R. H. Kotewall, Sir Shou son Chow, and E. R. Hallifax; renewed request from Chang Tso-lin for British support in the war against the South; reports on the situation in Shanghai; the future status of the Shanghai and Tientsin concessions; the arrival of Chiang Kai-shek in Shanghai; preparation to evacuate British subjects from China; discussions to determine the international approach to the Southern Government, following the Nanking attacks; the split in the Nationalist Party; strengthening of forces at British Concessions in China; press statement by the Secretary of State for the Colonies affirming that Hong Kong and the mainland territories will be adequately protected; the Seamen's Union and the S.S. Kinshan incident.

Correspondents include L.S. Amery, Sir Miles Lampson, the Consul Generals at Hankow, Shanghai, Canton, Swatow and Nanking, Admiral William Boyle, the Secretary of the Foreign and Political Department, New Delhi.