The action of the Nationalist Government in declaring all treaties that have expired terminated and to be substituted by new treaties, and in proposing to terminate according to proper procedure those treaties that have not yet expired, is well founded on principles recognized in international law as well as sur-ported by precedents. It is unjust tiftable that the Japanese Government should falsely accuse China of bad faith.
The Provisional Regulations of July 7 are not measures discriminatory against the Japanese; they are promulgated for the maintenance of political and commercial relations between China and all countries whose treaties with China have expired.
Since the Japanese Government have already' expressed their readiness to negotiate with China a new treaty, the Nationalist Government are most anxious and sincere in expecting that the Japanese Government will immediately appoint their delegate so thut negotiations can begin for a new equal and reciprocal treaty to take the place of the obsolete one, thus onhareing the friendly rel tions that have been happily subsist ting between the two countries. Kuo Min,
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