Japan's Claim for Automatic Extension of Treaty Flatly Declined: Charge of Bad Faith Repudiated Peking, Aug. 27.
It i understood that the text of the' Chinese Note to, Japan of August 14 will be published Nanking to-morrow.—Reuter, 'The Kuo Min News Agency has summary of the tionalist Government's reply' to the Japanese Note of July 31 last on the subject of treaty revision, Te will be recalled that Japan fay declined to admit that Nanking could abrogate the treaty out her consent and insisted bon the automatic 10-years extension \der Article 20, but expressed Therself ready to negotiate a new treaty if Nanking withdrew the snnouneed abrogation, The Kuo Min's summary "The Nationalist Government wel come the statement that Japan Willing and prepared to negotiate swith China 4 new SinoJapanese commercial treaty, for the negotiation of new treaties on the basis of equality and reciprocity, that has Iieen the fundamental potiey of the Nationalist Government for the ins twovement of China's friendly relations with, the other nations.
"The old Sino-Japanese come mercial treaty was negotiated more than 80 years ago, During these 20 Yeats conditions in this country have odically changed that the terms fof the treaty are-no longer suitable Sapan's contention based on Axticle 26 that the treaty is automatically extended for another ten years if no evision be effected within six months following the date of its expiration cannot be ne cepted by the Nationalist Government,
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