Attention is drawn to the very important Regulations issued by H. M. Minister in Peking and published on our front page to-day. The inwardness of these regulations appears to be this. On December 11 last a new Order in Council was issued at Home, called the China Peace Order in Council," to make a charge in respect of enemy property now in British hands, which under the terms of the Peace Treaty is retained by the British Government, pending final arrangements regarding the indemnity due to Great Britain. By some oversight this Order was not despatched in advance, and consequently has not reached China. Hence these regulations, to warn British subjects who may hold German property in any. shape acquired during the war (the regulations do not apply to transactions subsequent to the ratification by Germany of the Peace Treaty) against any dealings therein. The important article for Shanghai readers is No. 3, instructing them to file all claims with the Custodian as soon as possible.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.