Be advised that henceforth a state of war exists between the Empire of Japan and the Greater Empire of the Middle Kingdom.

Impressment is forced labor of a civilian population and seeing as you are beneath civil protocol and have established a regimine of war that is total and unmerciful, we shall follow suit and only permit those extra-nationals who are women and children to be free of such devices. Any male extra-national detained by Chinese authorities shall be assigned to a designated work camp where they will partake in labor that is more dignified than the burial of corpses, that alone is the one guarantee we provide and level of barbarity that we shall not stoop to.

You are advised once again to politely remove yourself from our premises and to submit to the terms we provided you in advance of this formal declaration. Any hesitation will be interpreted as obstinance, further evidence of your atavistic genetic heritage, or lack of sobriety among your ruling class. In either event, it will require continuation of hostilities that you are not prepared to endure.