Nanking, Aug. 22.
The following mandate, advising the various military, civil _and financial authorities against acting upon eases pertaining to foreign affairs, without first obtaining advice and opinion of the diplomatic authority in charge, is issued by the jonalist Government:
Whereas, a unified foreign policy, controlled by one supreme authority, which will decide upon.its main its incidental first requisite to diplomatic success; "Whereas, during this time of balligerened, with the consequent confusion in the function of the Government, case pertaining to for eign affairs, have been acted upon by military, civil and financial thorities, on their own judgment responsibility, making thus more dificult the already very complicated task for the diplomatic authority in charge, and giving also further opportunity to the scheming in-penalists, is a fact really much to be deplored:
"Whereas, consequent to the success of the Northern Expedition, which is, in fact, the manifestation of a.well developed national, conclousness, the question of inter. national. relation, with the proposed tariff autonomy and the cancellation tion, fof, unequal treaties, calls. fcr ims mediate and particular attention; if] fat this critical time, there should be any confusion in diplomatic reponsibility, for reason that no sharp demarcation of limitation hi been' properly prescribed, allowing what is a seemingly unimportant mistake to develope gradually into a serious blunder is really not to have given to diplomacy the vigilance and care which the time dictates that it should require.
"Therefore, it is decided in the Both meeting of the Central
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