This abnormal state of affairs aitects not only the administrative authority of the Chinese Government but the trade between China Powers as well, and from the. viewpoint of the international Jaw and the spirit of the Washington Conference, this can never be! tolerated. Regarding "foreign setaments in China from their historical point of view, the British Secretary for Foreign Affaire, on April 8, 1863, addressed " message to the British Minister to Peking, Sir Fredrick Bruce, stating th the land situated within the Rrit-{sh concessions in China without doubt being Chinese territory, the Chinese living therein could not be exempted from their natural obligations merely on the plea of their residence in these concessions. In the same year, a conference of the Powers' diplomatic envoys was held in Peking, when, with refer-She to the reconstruction wanghai pettlement, the following resolutions' were passed:
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