Recent Negotiations Reviewed: A
Reasonable Attitude Peking, Nov. 8
The Belgian Legation this morning issued a lengthy statement out: lining the past few months" nego tions, which, it says, "were cut off by Presidential Mandate on November 6 unilaterally putting an end to] the Treaty of 1865."
The statement denies that Chinese residents In Belgium have been the subject of retaliatory measures and also denies the report tat Belgivm Thad made decisions on suggestions from France or from Japan.
The statement reiterates that th: Treaty was not subject to revision, still less to cancellation, by China, yet Belgium had expressed its will Inguess to abrogate the Treaty con Jointly with China on condition that]
modus vivendi was allowed to intervene, "renewable after" six months to prolongation for from she months to (2) a year.
China did not agree to this condition, thereby leaving Belgium linbie'to find herself with no Treaty' and ug modus vivendi after April 21 and, latest, August 27, 1027, and thus she would be forced to discuss a new Treaty under the latent threat that in ease of nonfolfiment she would without "any stipulated position, in virtue of Article denied the Peking! Government's. right to denounce the Treaty and begged it to sign a "compromise" asking the Hague Court to interpret this Article, The Chinese Government, notifying Belgium of the abrogation of the Treaty, did not mention the Hague, the statement continues, declaring: "One can deduce from this silence and from the Mandate that the Chinese Government refuses to appear voluntarily before this high International Court."—
Reuter.
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