The Archive · 1920

EXTRATERRITORIAL RIGHTS

CHINA'S GRAVE OFFENCE

To the Editor of the "Norra-Caixa Dairy News."

Sin,—There seems to be a lot of noise in the aix regarding the restoration to China of the "sover reign rights" now vested in the' foreign Treaty Powers under the name of extraterritoriality, and this talk has in some cases been translated into action by the Chin €se Government, which has recen' ly denied extraterritorial privileges to certain newly formed nations to former enemy countries, and has now summarily and quite illegally assumed jurisdiction over the Russians in the Treaty ports. Having thus, as it were, broken through our outer defences, China may be expected to open fire shortly upon the main citadel protecting extraterritorial rights, the chief defenders of which are America, Japan and the Allied Powers of Europe. It is. therefore, time for us to start clearing our front so that we may meet the onslaught in such a manner that the Chinese Government will realize that the foreigner is not so easily toyed with as would sometimes appear to be the case.

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