Tientsin, July 29.
The Nationalist Finance, Mr. T. V. Soong, Nanking last night on board the str. Hisin Ming.
Interviewed by the "North China Star" In regard to the American Note, Mr. Soong said: "I have comment to make: the American faction speaks for itself."—Reuter.
[Negotiated in Washington Peking, July 28. appears that the credit for the negotiation of the new Sino-Amcrjean Treaty regulating tari tions belongs to Dr. C. C. Wa, who held conversations, with the St Department at Washington, a which he telegraphed Mfr.
Soong, the Nationalist Minister of Finance, in Peking, while the State Department telegraphed to the American Legation here. Mr. Soong then wired Nanking, getting authority from Dr. C. T. Wang, the Nationalist Minister for Foreign Affairs, to negotiate with full Powers, after which the procedure was only formal, as it is believed that, for all practical purposes, the treaty was framed in Washington. Reuter.
Comment by a French Newspaper Paris, July 29.
Discussing the attitude of the United States towards the Chinese Nationalist Government, as revealed by the signing of the new tariff The paper says that it is inadmissible that a revolutionary Power, which is not even officially re: cognized as a de jure government and whose authority is extremely [doubtful, should claim the right to abrogate treaties on the ground that they are unfair.
"Everyone," "Lo Temps" coninnes, "agrees that it would to revise the existing treaties as soon as there is a stable and responsible Government, but the un-Yequited abandonment of guarantees for safeguarding the lives and property of foreigners is a totally America Criticized in Japan Press Osaka, July 31.
The workings of international diplomacy in China are being. watched very keenly and with great interest by financial and commercial lenders here, the newspapers pub-
The Osaka "Asahi," analyzing the new American Treaty, considers that China has conceded to America the most-favoured-nation privilege and, therefore, it would seem as if the United States is entitled to proceed with the present tariff so Tong as all the other treaties between China and foreign Powers remain unrevised on an equal foot-
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