When communicating the terms of the Note to the press, the Ankuochun spokesman said, as a fuller explanation. to. the. Government's reply: "A declaration to the above effect. was communicated to His Excellency the Japanese Mi tovday. "The action contemplat the Japanese Government is obvious-variance with the. twofold principles enunciated by the Nine Power Treaty eoneerninie policies in China, signed at Washington February 6, 1922, namely, that the Powers should " respect" China's independence and sovereignty" as, well as her territorial and_administrative integrity and refrain from taking advantage of conditions Chinn in order' to eck special rights and privileges. and, as. sue Kevcan, only be, deplored byt Chinese people."—Reuter's Pacitie Service.
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