Statement of Policy Made by Dr. Tyau the absence of the Foreign a Minister, Dr. the American journalists vi ing to-day were received by Dr.
Z. Tyau, Counsellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The journalists called at the For-ign Office shortly before noon.
When welcoming them, Dr. Tyau gave a short outline of the political situation and referred to the Government's attitude towards the Press.
Dr, Tyau said that the Chinese people were unanimous in their desire to see the early abolition of extraterritoriality and he expressed the hope that the group of American newspaper men now touring the Far' East, when they returned home, would urge the American public and the American Government to adopt: 'a more sympathetic attitude towards the aspirations of the Chinese! people. It was, he said, the programme of the National Govern-
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