Minister, of Foreign' Affairs, Jon July 12, the Chinese Rat Payers Association of the International Settlement of Shanghai suggests that, if the various foreign Powers now enjoying extraterritorial privileges in China continue to refuse to agree to inquishment of such privilege Chinese Government should di the abolition of all foreign extra territorial rights on January 1, 1980, thus making all foreign nationals subject to the Chinese law.
The petition points out that the system of foreign consular jurisdietion is derogatory to China's judi-rights and is a source of in-ing friction between foreigners and Chinese, It congratulates Dr. Wang on his success in restoring to China her tariff autonomy and expresses the hope that he will meet with equal success in the negotiations for the abolition of another foreign practice which tends to retard the normal development of China, The Association deplores the fact that foreign merchants in China, ignorant of the trend of affairs, have persistently opposed the realization of China's legitimate aspirations, apparently unaware of the fact that by such opposition they are merely undermining their own position in China, Protest to Amsterdam Conference The Chinese National Chambes of Commerce, ina cablegram addressed to the Congress of the International Chamber of Commerce now in session at Amsterdam, states that the existence of foreign consulay jurisdiction in Ohina constitutes an impediment to the development of international (ra suggests that the joint resolution of the British, American, French, and Japanese Chambers of Com merce of Shanghai to the. International Chamber of Commerce The above telegram was Thursday night in the ni Chinese National Chamber of Commerce-—Kuo Min, Strict orders have been issued ky the. Commissioner of Public Safety for Greater Shanghai forbidding young boys and aged coolies to pull rieshas for: public hire Recenr.y, it willibe- recalled, the National Government ordered" the Merchants 8. N. Ca. to install less on all its. véesels ang. avvougements, were. made: to put this into execution. 'The latest inform-ction in the Chinese press, however, isto the effect that the' Chiao-tungpu has forbidden the company to install its cwn.short-wave station te communicate with its: own. ye sels,
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