Tae right of foreigners to reside in the interior of China and to acquire ware. houses and dwellings for business purposes, under Article XII of the Treaty of Tientein, was a burning question in dispute between merchants and the British Foreign Office many years ago. Tt has again been brought into notice by a paper in the lest number of the China Review. The writer argues that if Acticle KIZ was interpreted in ace cordance with the views of mercbante,
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