In the meantime Peking saw the commencement of the agitation for the return of Kisochou which will be dealt with under a separate heading. During that month telegrams from all over China were sent to Peking urging that the Peace Delegates in Europe should not sign the treaty and on May 26 came the telegraphic report that Wellington Koo was seeking the support of the American Commission to the proposal that China should sign the Treaty with reservations regarding the allotment of the German rights in Shantung to Japan. Indeed China, through her delegates, announced that she would sign with reservations, but on June 28 Lu Cheng-hsiang announced that China had not signed the Treaty, yet, mnevertheless, suggested that China should make it clear that the state of war with Germany had come to a conclusion. This was done by a notice, issued in place of a Presidential Mandate on September 15 giving the date of the cessation of hostilities between China and Germany as
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