ernment will do all in its power to protect foreign life and property according to the generally: accepted rules of international law. The resentment of the Chinese to the foreigner is not to him individually but to the system under which he lives. The Chinese object, not the presence of the foreigner, but to his position of privilege. They consider that the foreigner should be placed on a footing of equality with the people among whom he hax voluntarily chosen to live and trade, In the fortheeoming negotiations for the abrogation of the special privileges of foreigners in China, the Nationalist Government trusts that the foreign peoples. will display "far-sighted statesmanship and practical the solution of the outstanding wisdom problem of the world today. The Chinese people, irrespective of geographical situation and political reed, are all united in demanding international justice and fairplay, In the interest of the peace and welfare of the world, such a simple and reasonable request by a qual ter of the human race ought not 16 be made in vain, cee
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