Many people have but a vague idea of what the "unequal treaties" mean and what the Chinese object to in them.
In this and succeeding articles the principal points of controversy will be set out as concisely as possible.
The question of rendition of concessions is of course an entirely different matter.
When the Chinese refer to the unequal treaties, they have in mind both the general condition and certain specific features of the foreign tenure in China. This article cannot deal in generalities, but an attempt will be made to point out the articles in the various treaties, with regard to which the Chinese are calling for revision. It will not be necessary to deal with general questions of Concessions and Settlements, the rendition of which must be considered as a separate item. 'There remains, then, the Conventional. Tariff,' Extraterritoriality, Inland "Navigation, the Rights of [Missionaries in the Interior arid the Most Favoured Nation Clause.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.